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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Yellow 1975

Estimate $2,500,000 – $3,500,000

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© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Yellow 1975

oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘brett whiteley / 1975’ lower left
208 x 190 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney

  • Lot Sold $2,600,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $3,190,909 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1975

Exhibited

Thirty-Six Looks at Four Sights on Three Themes: Recent Paintings, Drawings and Carvings: Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 24 October – 15 November 1975, no. 20, illustrated
Rivers: Brett Whiteley, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1-19 March 1977, no. 4 (Lent)

Literature

Sandra McGrath, ‘Whiteley’s Homage to Matisse’, The Australian, Sydney, 25 October 1975, p. 26
Robert Walker, Painters in the Australian Landscape, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1988, p. 149 (illustrated)
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 200.75, Vol. 7, p. 347

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Geoffrey Smith

Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Gary Singer
       
MASTERPIECE: Brett Whiteley Yellow 1975

PAA012  |  10 Oct 2023  |  Private Auction
5.00PM


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