The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988

oil and collage on board with electric light
244.0 x 204.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: brett whiteley 88

Provenance:

The artist

Alex Holland, Sydney, 1988

Private collection, Perth

Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 23

Company collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2009, lot 36

Property of an investment syndicate, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 41

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: Birds, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 5 - 19 July 1988, cat.16 Twenty Fine Paintings, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, 2001, cat.15 (illus.) Gould Modern: Melbourne Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July - 31 August 2002, cat.16 (illus.)

Reference:

Birds 1988: Recent Drawings, Sculpture and One Screen Print, Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p.160 (illus.)

 

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

Related Works:

Orange Fijian Fruit Dove, 1988, oil and glass on canvas, 152.0 x 137.0 cm; sold Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 28 November 2001, lot 29
Shao (Rain Slanted by Wind), 1978-79, oil, nest and bird's egg on board, 122.0 x 81.0 cm; illus. in Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames & Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.142 

Estimate: $1400000 - 1800000

Result Hammer: $1370000