Composition V 1969

Ian Fairweather (1891-1974)

Composition V 1969

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard
102.5 x 74.5 cm

Provenance:

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

(label attached verso)

Sotheby's, Sydney, 15 August 2000, lot 31

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 38

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Ian Fairweather: Recent Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 28 October - 9 November 1970, cat.5

Blue Chip III: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 27 February - 31 March 2001

Reference:

Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, cat.227, p.228 (illus.)

Related Works:

Ian Fairweather, 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 collection, Canberra; illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2008, pp.232-233, pl.201 Ian Fairweather, Figures and Faces, 1969, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard, 105.5 x 75.0 cm, Tarrawarra Museum of Art collection, Healesville, Gift of Eva and Marc Besen 2001; illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2008, illus. p.226, pl.193

Estimate: $250000 - 320000

Result Hammer: $260000