Corner of Hunter and Phillip Streets 1957

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Corner of Hunter and Phillip Streets 1957

oil on canvas
41.0 x 52.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Hunter and Phillip Street Sydney/ Brett Whiteley 1957

Provenance:

Collection of Barry Haseldene,

New South Wales

Private collection, Sydney

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 April 1992,

lot 310

Private collection, Adelaide

Exhibited:

Gallery 460, New South Wales, c1990 Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1998

Reference:

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, p.224, cat. A26 (not illus.)

Related Works:

Charlotte Lane, 1957, oil on cardboard, 20.5 x 26.5 cm, private collection, Sydney; illus. in Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Thames & Hudson in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p.51 The Wall, 1956, oil on hardboard, 35.0 x 49.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, Gift of Beryl Whiteley, 1996

Estimate: $15000 - 20000

Result Hammer: $22000