BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Yellow 1975
Estimate $2,500,000 – $3,500,000
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
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |