BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Pelican 1983

painted bronze
signed, dated and inscribed 'brett whiteley. 83 / 1/9' on base;
stamped 'CIRE / MERIDIAN / MELBOURNE / PERDU' on base
edition 1 of 9
94 x 91.5 x 30.5 cm

• Lot Sold $290,000 (Hammer Price)
• $353,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, acquired in 1983

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: 'Birds', 'The Drought of 83', Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 30 July - 17 August 1983, (painted palm frond and plaster maquette, not in catalogue)
Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 12-28 July 1984, no. 8, illustrated (another cast)
Brett Whiteley: 'Birds', The Artist's Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney, 5-19 July 1988, no. 55, 'Pelican 1' (another cast)
Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September - 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 - 28 January 1996, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February - 8 April 1996, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May - 16 June 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July - 26 August 1996, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September - 19 November 1996, illustrated (another cast)
Whiteley and the Third Dimension, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 26 July 2008 - 15 March 2009 (another cast)

Literature

Robert Gray, 'A Few Takes on Brett Whiteley', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 1986, p. 223 (illustrated, another cast)
Barry Pearce, Bryan Robertson, Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, plate 138, pp. 200 (illustrated, another cast) 234