Study for 'Elastic Stockings' 1964

JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)

Study for 'Elastic Stockings' 1964

watercolour, pen and ink on paper
54.5 x 40.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: John Brack 64
inscribed on frame verso: Gallery A, Melbourne

Provenance:
Gallery A, Melbourne (stock number 1370)
Elizabeth Summons Collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2009, lot 24
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
John Brack, Gallery A, Melbourne, March - April 1965
John Brack, Gallery A, Sydney, May 1965
John Brack Drawings 1945-79, Monash University Exhibition Gallery, Melbourne, 9 June - 10 July 1981

Reference:
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.54, cat.p113 (illus. p.211)

Related Works:
Elastic Stockings 1965, oil on canvas, 130.9 x 96.0 cm, illus. in Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.1, p.97

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $38000