Ken Whisson born 1927
View from my Window 8 or 9 (Ships and Shapes) 1975-77
Estimate: $20000 - 30000
Sold For:
$22000 hammer
Description
Ken Whisson born 1927
View from my Window 8 or 9 (Ships and Shapes) 1975-77
oil and enamel on board
84.5 x 93.0 cm
signed upper left: WHISSON
dated and inscribed verso: "SHIPS AND SHAPES"/ "VIEW FROM MY WINDOW 8 OR 9"/ JUNE 1975/ AND DECEMBER 1977/ TO ANNA SIMONS/ ART GALLERY/ 23 FURNEAUX ST/ [illeg.] FORREST A.C.T.
Provenance:
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, 1979
Mr Benjamin Peel, Brisbane
Estate of the above
Exhibited:
Ken Whisson: As If, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 17 March - 15 July 2012; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 28 September - 25 November 2012 (label attached verso)
Reference:
Barkley, G. & Harding, L., Ken Whisson: As If, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012, p.154 (illus.)
Estimate: $20000 - 30000
Result Hammer: $22000