KEN WHISSON
1927-2022
Car and Driver 1974
$25,000–35,000
IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN ART FROM THE SELWYN & RENATA LITTON COLLECTION
KEN WHISSON
1927-2022
Car and Driver 1974
oil on composition board
signed, dated and inscribed 'March 8th 1974 / K. WHISSON / 15/8 ALFRED SQ. SAINT KILDA VIC. / "CAR AND DRIVER"'
81.5 x 104.5 cm
frame: original, Ken Whisson, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $21,000 (Hammer Price)
- $25,773 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Ken Whisson, Melbourne
Private Collection
19th & 20th Century Fine Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 November 2001, lot 73, illustrated
Selwyn and Renata Litton, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Paintings and Drawings by Ken Whisson, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 28 August - 9 September 1974, no. 12
Ken Whisson: A Survey, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat; Warnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool; Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong; Pincaotheca, Melbourne; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, 1990 - 1991, no. 15, illustrated
Literature
John McDonald, Ken Whisson: A Survey, 312 Lennox Street, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 13 (illustrated), 18
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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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Emily WalkerAdministrator, Art Australian & International Art |
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David MackayGallery Manager Sydney |
