Fascismo 1963

Ian Fairweather (1891-1974)

Fascismo 1963

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard
106.0 x 70.5 cm

Provenance:

G. Elsworthy, Sydney Private collection, Sydney Christie's, Sydney, 23 September 1985, lot 595 Private collection, Brisbane Private collection, Sydney Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 36 Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 1966 Fairweather Retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1 October - 27 November 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 December 1994 - 19 February 1995; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 March - 7 May 1995 Top Guns 2010, Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 3 - 21 July 2010

Reference:

Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Bay Books, Sydney, 1981, p.247, pl.187, fig.88 (illus. p.194) Bail, M., Fairweather, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.125, pl.53 (illus.) Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.258, cat.199, pl.168 (illus. p.199)

Related Works:

Shalimar c1962, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard, 124.0 x 178.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.119, pl.47 House by the Sea 1967-68, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on four sheets of cardboard on hardboard, 131.5 x 193.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, pp.232-233, pl.201 Figures and Faces 1969, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard, 105.5 x 75.0 cm, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Victoria, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.226, pl.193

Estimate: $320000 - 400000

Result Hammer: $320000