BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR PETER M. ELLIOTT AM, SYDNEY

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
In the Bottom Park at Lavender Bay there is a Jacaranda and a Gardenia Tree (1984-1985)

oil and collage on board
inscribed 'in the bottom park / at Lavender Bay / theres '[sic] a jacaranda / + a gardenier [sic] tree' verso
104 x 76 cm

• Lot Sold $650,000 (Hammer Price)
• $793,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Dr Peter M. Elliott AM, Sydney, acquired in 1985
The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen Auctions, Sydney, 30 August 2015, lot 12, 'At the Bottom of the Park Lavender Bay is a Jacaranda Gardenia Tree' illustrated
Savill Galleries, Sydney (stock 610359), acquired from the above

Exhibited

Up Close and Personal: Works from the Collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 August – 18 September 2011
Breaking History: Denis Savill, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 21 October – 13 November 2015, no. 9, illustrated
Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, 5 December 2015 – 7 February 2016, 'At the bottom of the park Lavender Bay in a jacaranda gardenia tree 1984-1985', illustrated

Literature

Gavin Fry, The Peter Elliott Collection of Australian Art, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2013, cat. no. 125, pp. 125 (illustrated), 176
Lou Klepac, Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Mosman Art Gallery, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2015, p. 22 (illustrated)