BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
The Shower 1984
Estimate: $450000 - 550000
Sold For:
$380000 hammer
Description
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
The Shower 1984
oil on canvas on board
60.0 x 50.0 cm
signed lower right: Brett Whiteley
dated and inscribed verso: STUDY FOR/ "The Shower" (Blue Tiles)/ 24/2/84/ Preliminary for much/ bigger Pic.
Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Queensland
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 1 May 2002,
lot 25
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2014, lot 40
Company collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 23 March 2016, lot 26
Company collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
An Exhibition by Brett Whiteley: Eden and Eve, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 11 July - 28 July 1984, cat.35 (illus. exhibition catalogue) Just Whiteley: Works by Brett Whiteley, Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 9 - 27 April 2011 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
Estimate: $450000 - 550000
Result Hammer: $380000