Brett Whiteley 1939-1992 SHAO (RAIN SLANTED BY WIND) (1978-1979)

• Lot Sold $580,000 (Hammer Price)
• $696,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

oil, nest and birds eggs on board
signed 'brett whiteley' lower centre
122 X 81CM

PROVENANCE
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Brett Whiteley: Birds and Animals, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 10 April - 5 May 1979, no. 9
Major Modern Masters: Blackman, Boyd, Drysdale, Perceval, Whiteley, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 27 August - 26 September 1992, no. 8, illustrated
Brett Whiteley Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September - 19 November 1995, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 - 28 January 1996, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February - 8 April 1996, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May - 16 June 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July - 26 August 1996, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September - 17 November 1996, illustrated

LITERATURE
Art and Australia, Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 17, No. 1, September 1979, cover (illustrated), p. 51 (illustrated)
Barry Pearce with contributions by Bryan Robertson and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, plate 142, pp. 204 (illustrated), 235