Fascismo 1963

Ian Fairweather (1891-1974)

Fascismo 1963

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard
106.0 x 70.5 cm

Provenance:

G. Elsworthy, Sydney

Private collection, Sydney

Christie's, Sydney, 23 September 1985, lot 595

Private collection, Brisbane

Private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 36

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 24 September 2015, lot 44

Company collection, Victoria

Exhibited:

Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, United Kingdom, 1966

Fairweather Retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1 October - 27 November 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 December 1994 - 19 February 1995; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 March - 7 May 1995

Top Guns 2010, Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 3 - 21 July 2010

Reference:

Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Bay Books, Sydney, 1981, p.247, pl.187, fig.88 (illus. p.194)

Bail, M., Fairweather, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.125, pl.53 (illus.)

Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.258, cat.199, pl.168 (illus. p.199)

Related Works:

Shalimar c1962, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard, 124.0 x 178.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.119, pl.47

House by the Sea 1967-68, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on four sheets of cardboard on hardboard, 131.5 x 193.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, pp.232-233, pl.201

Figures and Faces 1969, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard, 105.5 x 75.0 cm, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Victoria, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.226, pl.193

Estimate: $350000 - 450000

Result Hammer: $320000