Vanessa 1985

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Vanessa 1985

mixed media on board
206.5 x 156.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Vanessa 28/11/85/ brett whiteley
signed with monogram lower right: BW

Provenance:
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Michael Gleeson-White, Sydney
Goodman's, Sydney, 3 August 1999, lot 111
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 September 2008, lot 31
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Modern Australian Painting 1920s - 1980s, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 9 September - 20 September 1997, cat.53 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Related Works:
Reclining Nude, oil, charcoal and ink on canvas, 137.0 x 153.0 cm, private collection
The Orange Nude, 1981, oil on canvas, 182.0 x 151.5 cm, private collection, Sydney, illus. in Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames & Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995, pl.71

Estimate: $300000 - 380000

Result Hammer: $320000