Smith & Singer
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999

Explorer I 1965

Estimate $350,000 – $450,000

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

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

ALBERT TUCKER

1914-1999
Explorer I 1965

synthetic polymer paint on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker 65' lower right
152 x 122 cm

  • Lot Sold $330,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $405,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Albert Tucker, Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney, 6 April 1965, no. 8, illustrated
Albert Tucker: The Mythologies & Images, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 26 June - 13 July 1990; Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1-18 August 1990, no. 53, illustrated
Albert Tucker: The Intruder - The Perfect Allegory, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 1 June - 10 August 2009, illustrated

Literature

Christopher Uhl, Albert Tucker, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. no. 18.34, 'Gippsland Explorer I (Explorer I)', p. 106 (illustrated)
Ivan Durrant, Albert Tucker: The Intruder - The Perfect Allegory, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 2009, n.p. (illustrated)

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Important Australian Art

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