ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA TUCKER, MELBOURNE

ALBERT TUCKER

1914-1999
Masked Figure Attacked by Parrot 1964-1967

synthetic polymer paint and polyvinyl acetate, feathers, cardboard and wool on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker / '64' lower right; inscribed 'MASKED FIGURE ATTACKED / BY PARROT / 1964-67' verso
120.2 x 91.7 cm

• Lot Sold $220,000 (Hammer Price)
• $268,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Albert Tucker, Melbourne
Barbara Tucker, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Albert Tucker, Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney, 6 April 1965, no. 11, 'Faun and Parrot', illustrated
Albert Tucker, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 October - 19 November 1969, no. 46
Albert Tucker: Paintings, Cultural Centre, Manila; National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul; Museum of Modern Art, Pei San; Cultural Museum, Otsu City; Shibuya, Tokyo; Hanshui, Osaka; Museum of Taiwan, 1971, no. 13, illustrated
Albert Tucker, Skinner Galleries, Perth, January 1972, no. 11
Albert Tucker: The Mythologies & Images, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 26 June - 13 July 1990, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1-18 August 1990, no. 54, illustrated
Annual Collectors' Exhibition 2000, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 3-24 June 2000, no. 50, illustrated
Australian Modern, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, 23 April - 24 May 2002, illustrated
On long-term loan to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2005-2008 (label verso)
Albert Tucker: The Intruder - The Perfect Allegory, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 1 June - 10 August 2009, illustrated

Literature

Christopher Uhl, Albert Tucker, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. 18.18 (illustrated)
Australian Art Collector, Sydney, April - June 2000, p. 10 (illustrated)
Lou Klepac (ed.), Australian Painters of the Twentieth Century, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2000, p. 108 (illustrated)
Gavin Fry, Albert Tucker, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, p. 2 (illustrated)