The Atlantian Poplars 1991

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Atlantian Poplars 1991

charcoal and oil stick on paper
76.0 x 56.0 cm
dated and inscribed lower right: 16/01/91/ The cypress. The atlantian poplar./ The sacred black flame, the essence/ of provence, the kind of black that excites/ the wheat fields + the vineyards. The tree that/ one thinks of immediately as the renaissance, as much/ the tree of da Vinci as Van Gogh. Pungent and ordered/ chaos plus math.

artist's stamp lower right

Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Sydney

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Brett Whiteley Drawings, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 16 September - 15 October 1994, cat.20

Reference:
This work is to be included in the forthcoming publication: Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat.77.91

Estimate: $25000 - 35000

Result Hammer: $23000