BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Wategos Beach, Holiday Suite 5 1989

gouache, watercolour and collage on compressed card
signed, dated and inscribed '6/2/89 / b/w / brett whiteley 5' lower right
54.5 x 74 cm
frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney (label verso)

• Lot Sold $65,000 (Hammer Price)
• $79,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney (label verso)
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Australian and European Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 April 1992, lot 96, 'Watego Bay'
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Important Australian and European Pictures, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 18 August 1993, lot 798, 'The Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, New South Wales', illustrated
Mrs Beryl Whiteley, Sydney
Fine Australian and European Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 28 April 1998, lot 4, 'Byron Bay', illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 26 November 2007, lot 45, 'Watego Bay', illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley: Recent Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Ceramics and Wood Carvings from Byron Bay, Marrakesh, Japan, San Gimignano – Tuscany, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1-26 March 1990, no. 16 (5)