William Delafield Cook born 1936

• Lot Sold $80,000 (Hammer Price)
• $96,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

AN INTERIOR 1979
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed ‘W. Delafield Cook / London 1979 / An Interior’ verso
126.5 X 213CM 

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Melbourne
Luke, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED

William Delafield Cook: Mid-Career Survey, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 July – 19 July 1987, no 16, illustrated
William Delafield Cook: Selected Works: 1958-1987, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne,  1987, 4 November – 6 December 1987, no. 27, illustrated

LITERATURE

David Thomas, ‘The Real Delafield Cook,’ Look, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sydney, June 1987, p. 13 (illustrated)
Deborah Hart, William Delafield Cook, Craftsmen House, Sydney, 1998, p. 147 (illustrated)
Richard Perram (ed.), William Delafield Cook: Selected Works 1958-1987, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, pp. 13 (illustrated), 14, 18