Albert Tucker
1914-1999

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND

Albert Tucker

1914-1999
BUSH 1965

synthetic polymer paint on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker 65' lower left; inscribed 'BUSH' verso
89.5 X 121CM

• Lot Sold $36,000 (Hammer Price)
• $43,920 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide Private Collection, United States of America
Australian, International and Contemporary Paintings, Christie's, Melbourne, 22 November 2005, lot 57, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 5 May 2009, lot 225, illustrated
Private Collection, Queensland

Exhibited

Albert Tucker, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 13-31 March 1966, cat. 11
Hinterlands: Albert Tucker's Landscapes 1960-1975, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 28 June 2008 - 22 February 2009

Literature

Lesley Harding, Hinterlands: Albert Tucker's Landscapes 1960-1975, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2008, pp. 6 (illustrated), 32

Condition Report

The work appears to be in original good condition and is housed in the original frame. There is a horizontal scratch (approximately 3cm long) to the lower main tree trunk. There are three small areas of paint loss in the central top of the tree trunk.Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist