Australian Landscape I 1969

Fred Williams (1927-1982)

Australian Landscape I 1969

oil on canvas
121.0 x 152.5 cm

bears inscription verso: FRED WILLIAMS/ LW CAT 927

Provenance:

The Estate of Fred Williams, Melbourne (cat.927)

Lyn Williams AM, 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

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Fred Williams 1969-1979 (Oeuvres), Australian Embassy, Paris, 10 April - 2 May 1980, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape (2) 1970; label attached verso)

Fred Williams: Landscapes 1969-79, Fischer Fine Art, London, 16 May - 13 June 1980, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape (2) 1970; label attached verso)

Fred Williams: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, 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, Sydney, 8 August - 24 September 1989, cat.108 (illus. exhibition catalogue, p.19)

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

Estimate: $400000 - 600000

Result Hammer: $340000