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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Washing the Salt Off II 1984

Estimate $800,000 – $1,000,000

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© Wendy Whiteley

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Washing the Salt Off II 1984

oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed 'after the swim brett whiteley 84' lower left
86.5 x 86.5 cm

  • Lot Sold $800,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $976,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Pictures: Sport, Art & Leisure, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 7-25 September 1985, no. 4, illustrated
Annual Collectors' Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 1 November - 14 December 2002, no. 84, 'After the Swim', illustrated

Literature

The Bulletin, Sydney, 15 October 1985, p. 84 (illustrated)
Robert Gray, 'A Few Takes on Brett Whiteley', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1986, p. 220, (illustrated)

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