BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Dawn (Lavender Bay Series) 1974
Estimate: $450000 - 550000
Sold For:
$440,000 hammer
Description
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Dawn (Lavender Bay Series) 1974
oil on canvas
91.0 x 60.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso: "DAWN" LAVENDER BAY SERIES/ Brett Whiteley 1974
Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 31
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited:
Lavender Bay Series, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 November - 3 December 1974, cat.24
Related Works:
Brett Whiteley, Big Orange (Sunset) 1974, oil on board, 233.0 x 305.5 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.85
Brett Whiteley, Lavender Bay in the Rain 1974, oil on Perspex, string, wax on board, and Perspex, 120.5 x 95.0 cm, illus. in; Pearce B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.89
Brett Whiteley, The Balcony 2 1975, oil on canvas, 203.5 x 364.5 cm, illus in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.86
Brett Whiteley, The Jacaranda Tree (On Sydney Harbour) 1977, oil on canvas, 208.0 x 456.0 cm, illus in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.84
Brett Whiteley, Grey Harbour c1978, oil and charcoal on canvas, 86.5 x 85.5 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.87
Brett Whiteley, Lavender Bay in the Rain 1981, oil, PVA, Perspex on canvas on board, 89.5 x 89.0 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.88
Estimate: $450000 - 550000
Result Hammer: $440,000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
1 – 4 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
02 8344 5404
Thursday 1 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 2 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 3 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 4 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
8 – 13 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141
03 9832 8700
Thursday 8 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 9 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 10 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 11 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
Monday 12 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Tuesday 13 Sept. 11am – 6pm