BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Green Heron (1983, cast later)

bronze and painted eye, artist's proof from an edition of 5, plus artist's proofs
signed and inscribed ‘brett whiteley / AP’ on base
260.5 x 30 x 65 cm

• Lot Sold $500,000 (Hammer Price)
• $613,636 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
The Estate of Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Life and Death: A Visual Experience in Opposites - 1983 - Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 May – 18 June 1983, no. 30, 'Heron', (another version)
Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: 'Birds', 'The Drought of 83', Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 30 July – 17 August 1983, no. 14, 'Heron', (another version)
Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12-28 July 1984, no. 50, 'Heron', (another version)
Brett Whiteley: Birds, The Artist's Studio, Surry Hills, 5-19 July 1988, no. 56, (another version)
Brett Whiteley Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September – 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 – 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February – 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May – 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July – 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September – 17 November 1996, 'The Green Heron', illustrated, (another version)
A Different Vision: Brett Whiteley Sculptures, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 4 April – 23 August 1998, (another version)
Animals and Birds, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 15 June – 16 October 2002, (another version)
Brett Whiteley: Sculpture and Ceramics, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 5 June – 6 December 2015, (another version)

Literature

Robert Gray, 'A Few Takes On Brett Whiteley', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1986, p. 223 (illustrated, another version)
Sandra McGrath, 'True Colours', Vogue Living, November 1988, pp. 152 (illustrated, another version), 153 (illustrated, another version)
Barry Pearce with contributions from Bryan Robertson and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, plate 138(a), pp. 200 (illustrated, another version), 234, 'The Green Heron'
Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, cover (illustrated, another version), pp. 63 (illustrated, another version), 65 (illustrated, another version), 160 (illustrated, another version), 161 (illustrated, another version)
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 63s, Vol. 6, p. 189 (illustrated, another version), Vol. 7, p. 894