The Paddock - Late Afternoon 1979

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Paddock - Late Afternoon 1979

oil on canvas
202.0 x 152.0 cm
signed lower centre: brett whiteley

Provenance:
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 23 June 2011, lot 46
Property of a distinguished private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Portraits, Crucifixions, (a Paddock at) Oberon, David Reids Gallery, curated by Robin Gibson, Sydney, 1980, cat.36
Brett Whiteley: Art & Life 1939-1992, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September - 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of The Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 - 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February - 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May - 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July - 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September - 17 November 1996, cat.74 (label attached verso)
Rivers + Rocks, Bundanon Trust ravelling exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 20 October - 27 January 2002; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 8 February - 10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, 15 March - 21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, 10 May - 9 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland, 21 June - 21 July 2002; Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, New South Wales, 3 August - 8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 25 September - 27 October 2001; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1 November - 1 December 2002 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Thames & Hudsona and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p.235, pl.156 (illus.)
Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales, 2001, p.52 (illus.)

Related Works:
The Olgas for Ernest Giles 1985, oil and mixed media on board, 213.5 x 244.5 cm, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 35 (illus.), price realised $3,480,000 (incl. buyer's premium)
Oberon NSW after the rains 1983, oil, gouache, ink, pencil, charcoal and moulding compound on cardboard, 96.0 x 64.0 cm, illus. in Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales, 2001, p.49
Oberon 1987, oil and collage on canvas (triptych), illus. in Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, NSW, 2001, p.48

Estimate: $1800000 - 2400000