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ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999

Explorer and Cockatoos 1968

Estimate $300,000 – $400,000

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© Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

ALBERT TUCKER

1914-1999
Explorer and Cockatoos 1968

synthetic polymer paint on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker 68' lower right
90.5 x 121 cm
frame: original, John Kosnar, Melbourne

  • Lot Sold $450,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $552,273 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Albert Tucker, Melbourne
Barbara Tucker, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer) Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Obra pictórica de Albert Tucker, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, February 1969, no. 15, 'Explorador y cacatúas'
Albert Tucker, Poindexter Gallery, New York, 15 March – 3 April 1969
Albert Tucker, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 October – 19 November 1969, no. 13
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. 9, illustrated
Albert Tucker, Skinner Galleries, Perth, January 1972, no. 7

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Australian & International Art 
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Important Australian Art

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