Self Portrait at 44 1983

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Self Portrait at 44 1983

tempera, ink, wash and collage on card
79.0 x 109.0 cm

signed and dated verso: brett whiteley/ 83

Provenance:

Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1983

Private collection, Sydney

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 414

Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1992

Sue Susskind collection, Sydney

Estate of the above

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: Birds (11), the Drought of 83 (7),Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 30 July - 17 August 1983, cat.3

Major Modern Masters, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 27 August - 26 September 1992, cat.4

Reference:

This work is to be included in the forthcoming publication: Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. 177.83



We are grateful for the kind assistance of Kathie Sutherland and Robin Gibson in cataloguing this work.

Related Works:

Bird on a Branch 1977, sugarlift aquatint etching, edition of 40, 43.0 x 75.0 cm

Estimate: $250000 - 350000

Result Hammer: $170000