Gum Trees in Landscape III 1969

Fred Williams (1927-1982)

Gum Trees in Landscape III 1969

oil on canvas
63.5 x 43.5 cm

signed lower left: Fred Williams.

bears inscription on stretcher verso: 470

Provenance:

Estate of the artist (no.470)

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney (label attached verso)

Private collection, Queensland

Exhibited:

Fred Williams: A Retrospective, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 7 November 1987 - 31 January 1988; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 February - 3 April 1988; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 April - 22 May 1988; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 13 June - 31 July 1988; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 16 August - 30 October 1988; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 24 November 1988 - 30 January 1989; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 29 April - 4 June 1989; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 August - 24 September 1989, cat.115

Fred Williams - Small Pictures, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 7 May - 15 June 1991, cat.12

Reference:

Mollison, J., A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989, p.101 (illus.)

We gratefully acknowledge the kind assistance of Mrs Lyn Williams AM with cataloguing this work.

Estimate: $180000 - 240000

Result Hammer: $190000