Black Swan c1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Black Swan c1988

pencil on paper
100.0 x 70.5 cm

inscribed lower right: study for sculpture/ black swan with women's/ shoe as bill.

stamped lower right with artist monogram

Provenance:

Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne

(label attached verso)

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Birds 1988: Recent Drawings, Sculpture and

One Screen Print, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 5 - 19 July 1988, cat.36

Exhibition of Modern Australian Paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, 8 - 29 September 1989, cat.14

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Kathie Sutherland.

Reference:

Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007

(illus. pp.160, 161)

Estimate: $10000 - 15000

Result Hammer: $20000