Intruder and Parrots 1965

Albert Tucker (1914-1999)

Intruder and Parrots 1965

oil on composition board
100.5 x 75.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Tucker 65

Provenance:

Australian Galleries, Melbourne

Mr Allen C. Sheldon, United States of America, 1966

Thence by descent, collection of Mr & Mrs T. Sheldon, Melbourne

Gould Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)

Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 22 April 1996, lot 39

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Albert Tucker, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, March 1966, cat.18

Albert Tucker, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 26 April - 13 May 1966, cat.17 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

The Angry Penguins, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 14 March - 20 April 1997, cat.18 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:

Uhl, C., Albert Tucker, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat.18.37 (as Parrots and Intruder)

Luck, R. K., A Guide to Modern Australian Painting, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1969, pp.49 (illus.), 105 (as Parrots and Intruder)

Estimate: $150000 - 200000

Result Hammer: $270000