The Orange Table 1978

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Orange Table 1978

oil, mixed media and collage on board
132.0 x 213.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: brett whiteley/ 78
inscribed verso: ‘The Orange Table’ (sketch)/ 1977 – 78/ tempera, oil, oyster shells on ply/ 78” x 78”

Provenance:
Fischer Fine Art, London (label attached verso)
Private collection, London
Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 1 May 2000, lot 172
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 05 March 2002, lot 46
Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:
McGrath, S., Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1992, pp.185, 210
Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art and Life, Thames and Hudson, Sydney, 1995, p.48

Estimate: $800000 - 1000000

Result Hammer: $725000