This painting has never been seen in Australia. Brett Whiteley created his Gauguin at the Chelsea Hotel in New York in 1968 and it has remained there until this time. 

I feel that with interiors I need not be in a hurry over it because it will be there for me the next day.

Jeffrey Smart once made the remark that he enjoyed spending time amidst the ambience of commercial ports and docks. 

Brett Whiteley was one of Sydney’s most accomplished sons. Whiteley was born in 1939 and his artistic trajectory was astonishing.

…Bessie Davidson [gives] in her still lifes, her interiors, indeed in her landscapes the full expression of her rich palette and of that full-blooded craftsmanship which generously encompasses l’essential in a harmonious whole.

By the time Sidney Nolan died in London in 1992 the art world of Australia and abroad had long been splintered over the extent of his genius. 

Observing the progress of William Robinson’s art is like operating the zoom function on a camera; but in reverse. 

When a painting exceeds its estimate its always a good thing, and when it breaks a record it’s a very good feeling for the auctioneers as well.