ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999
John and Sunday Reed 1982
Estimate $100,000 – $150,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999
John and Sunday Reed 1982
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
signed and dated 'Tucker 1982' lower right
66 x 81.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $100,000 (Hammer Price)
- $122,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (label verso)
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1985
Exhibited
Faces I Have Met: Albert Tucker, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 16 April – May 1985, no. 6, illustrated
Albert Tucker: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 June – 12 August 1990, illustrated
All in the Family: Selected Australian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 1 October 1994 – 5 February 1995
Masterpieces of Modern Australian Art from Private Melbourne Collections, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 28 July – 8 August 1999 (label verso)
Literature
Albert Tucker and James Mollison, Albert Tucker: Faces I Have Met, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 1985, cover (illustrated), pp. 21, 25 (illustrated)
Anthony Clarke, 'Albert Tucker's People', The Age, Melbourne, 13 April 1985, Saturday Extra, p. 3 (illustrated)
Leigh Astbury, ''Faces I Have Met' Tucker's Portrait of an Era', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 23, No. 1, Summer 1985, p. 176
Albert Tucker: Faces I Have Met, Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1986, cover (illustrated), pp. 6, 9 (illustrated)
James Mollison and Jan Minchin, Albert Tucker: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990, p. 110 (illustrated)
National Library of Australia News, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Volume V, Number 1, October 1994, p. 19 (illustrated)
Cassie Proudfoot, 'Family Matters and the Young Alex', The Canberra Times, Canberra, 26 October 1994, p. 27 (illustrated)
Janine Burke, Australian Gothic: A Life of Albert Tucker, Knopf, Sydney, 2002, pp. 414-415
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Liza HallamAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Liza Hallam |
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