Private Sale - Ben Quilty, Budgie after Budgie after Streeton 2004

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ASTA CAMERON
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Rendered in Quilty’s characteristic impasto paint, the work depicts beloved Australian Impressionist, Arthur Streeton, as a blue budgerigar. The substantial painting hails from Quilty’s most celebrated series of portraits from 2004-2005, which included a limited number of highly coveted avian representations of Australian artists, such as Arthur Streeton, Albert Namatjira and Frederick McCubbin. Budgie after Budgie after Streeton stands out as a striking example of Quilty’s quintessential Aussie larrikinism in the face of colonial tradition.

After a stint in the collection of the New England Regional Art Museum, Menzies is now offering the opportunity to acquire this exemplary painting via private sale.