The Paddock - Late Afternoon 1979

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Paddock - Late Afternoon 1979

oil on canvas
202.0 x 152.0 cm

signed lower centre: brett whiteley

Provenance:

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Sydney, 23 June 2011, lot 46

Property of a distinguished private collection,

Sydney

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Portraits, Crucifixions, (a Paddock at) Oberon, David Reid's Gallery, curated by Robin Gibson, Sydney, 26 April - 17 May 1980, cat.36 Brett Whiteley: Art & Life 1939-1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September - 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 - 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February - 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May - 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July - 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September - 17 November 1996, cat.74 (label attached verso) Rivers + Rocks, Bundanon Trust travelling exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 20 October - 27 January 2002; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 8 February - 10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, 15 March - 21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, 10 May - 9 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland, 21 June - 21 July 2002; Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, New South Wales, 3 August - 8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 25 September - 27 October 2001; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1 November - 1 December 2002 (label attached verso)

Reference:

Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Thames & Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p.235, pl.156 (illus.) Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales, 2001, p.52 (illus.)

Related Works:

The Olgas for Ernest Giles 1985, oil and mixed media on board, 213.5 x 244.5 cm, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 35, price realised $3,480,000 (incl. buyer's premium) Oberon, NSW After the Rains 1983, oil, gouache, ink, pencil, charcoal and moulding compound on cardboard, 96.0 x 64.0 cm; illus. in Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales, 2001, p.49 Oberon 1987, oil and collage on canvas (triptych); illus. in Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales, 2001, p.48 The Paddock - Early Morning 1979, oil on canvas, 203.0 x 153.0 cm.; illus. in Menzies Australian and International Art, Sydney, 8-9 September 2004, lot 31 Baudelaire's Drive 1975, oil on canvas, 228.5 x 190.5 cm., private collection, Melbourne; illus. in Important Australian & International Fine Painting & Sculpture, Sydney, 23 June, 2011, p.107. The River at Marulan ( ? Reading Einstein's Geography) 1976, oil on board, TarraWarra Museum of Art collection, Victoria; illus. in Important Australian & International Fine Painting & Sculpture, Sydney, 23 June, 2011, p.107.

Estimate: $1600000 - 2000000