Smith & Singer
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Two Giraffes No. 2 1964 1985

$400,000–600,000

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© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2025

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Two Giraffes No. 2 1964 1985

oil, charcoal and pencil on paper on board
signed, dated and inscribed 'B / W / [monogram] / brett whiteley / (2) 1964-85' lower right
152.5 x 200 cm

  • Lot Sold SOLD

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Queensland, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Important Australian Art, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby’s Australia), Sydney, 21 November 2017, lot 14, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-1967, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. N5, p. 284
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 205.85, Vol. 7, p. 673

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