BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Requite 1967
$200,000–300,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.G.L. INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, MELBOURNE
BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992
Requite 1967
oil, resin, ink, pencil and paper on board
signed, dated and inscribed 'The above inexplicably depressing / quotation, and the ensuing illustrated nightmare / have been set down here as / recompense. As such it / is dedicated to peace. / Brett Whiteley 3/1/67 / to Francis Bacon. ' lower right
86 x 122 cm
- Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
- $245,455 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Brett Whiteley, New York
Sotheby's, London, 12 March 1975, lot 131
David Hughes, London, acquired from the above
Private Collection, New South Wales
Southern Cross Galleries, Melbourne
J.G.L. Investments Pty Ltd, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 5 November 1984
Literature
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. TT28, p. 310
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 65.67, Vol. 1, p. 337 (illustrated), Vol. 7, p. 190
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