The Dove and the Moon 1983

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Dove and the Moon 1983

oil and mixed media on board
52.5 x 47.5 cm

signed verso: brett whiteley

Provenance:

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 December 2009, lot 30

Corporate collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Life and Death: A Visual Experience of Opposites, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 May - 18 June 1983, cat.16

Brett Whiteley, Some Recent Works, birds; the drought of 83, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 30 July - 17 August 1983

Reference:

This work is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Kathie Sutherland

Related Works:

Orange Fiji Fruit Dove c1983, oil on canvas, 184.0 x 202.5 cm, sold Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 12 September 2007, lot 3

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

Orange Fruit Dove Fiji 1969, oil on board, 138.0 x 120.0 cm, private collection

White Dove Feeling the Universe 1985-92, oil on plywood, 80.5 x 77.0 cm, Gift of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2012. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Estimate: $450000 - 550000

Result Hammer: $450000