Australian Landscape I 1969

Fred Williams (1927-1982)

Australian Landscape I 1969

oil on canvas
121.0 x 152.5 cm

inscribed verso: FRED WILLIAMS/ LW CAT 927

Provenance:

The artist's estate Mrs Lyn Williams, Melbourne

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 August 2002, lot 27

Private collection, Perth

Company collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 December 2007, lot 34

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2009, lot 38

Property of an investment partnership, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 25 June 2015, lot 38

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Fred Williams 1969-1979 (Oeuvres), Australian Embassy, Paris, 1980, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape II 1970) Fred Williams: Landscapes 1969-79, Fischer Fine Art, London, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape II 1970) (label attached verso)

Fred Williams: A Retrospective, Australian National Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 7 November 1987 - 31 January 1988; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 February - 3 April 1988; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 April - 22 May 1988; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 13 June - 31 July 1988; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 16 August - 30 October 1988; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 24 November 1988 - 30 January 1989; Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 29 April - 4 June 1989; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 8 August - 24 September 1989, cat.108 (illus.)

20th Century Australian and New Zealand Paintings, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 1995, cat.25 (illus.)

Reference:

McCaughey, P., Fred Williams 1927-1982, Bay Books, Sydney, 1987, pp.216-220

Mollison, J., A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989, pp.132-135

Related Works:

Australian Landscape II (Gum Trees in Landscape) 1969-70, oil on canvas, 198.0 x 198.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Estimate: $550000 - 700000