BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
White Corella 1987
$600,000–800,000
BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
White Corella 1987
oil and collage on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed '23/12/87 / corrella [sic] bathing in a / water-hole on top of Ayres / Rock / (looked like a milk bottle / exploding) / Brett Whiteley' lower right; inscribed ''EXPLOSIVE SOUND' / "Iksplouzon" JAPANESE' verso
106.3 x 91.1 cm frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney
- Lot Sold $600,000 (Hammer Price)
- $750,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Brett Whiteley, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1988
Private Collection, United States of America, acquired from the above
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Brett Whiteley: Birds, The Artist's Studio, Surry Hills, 5-19 July 1988, no. 18
The Collectors Exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 3 May - 12 June 2014, no. 2
Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 24 February - 7 March 2020, no. 20, illustrated
Literature
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné [in press], Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 59.87, Vol. 4, p. 422 (illustrated), Vol. 7, p. 694
Geoffrey Smith, Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 2020, pp. 44-45 (illustrated)
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