The Sunrise - Japanese: 'Good Morning!' 1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Sunrise - Japanese: 'Good Morning!' 1988

oil and collage on board with electric light
244.0 x 204.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: brett whiteley 88

inscribed with calligraphy characters upper left

sketch of beach scene on verso

Provenance:

The artist

Acquired from the artist, Mr Alex Holland, Sydney, 1988

Private collection, Perth

Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 23

Company collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2009, lot 36

Property of an investment syndicate, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 41

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2016, lot 36

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: Birds, 1988: Recent Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and One Screen Print, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 5 - 19 July 1988, cat.16 (as THE SUNRISE/Japanese: 'GOOD MORNING!')

Twenty Fine Paintings, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, 2001, cat.15 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Gould Modern: Melbourne Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July - 31 August 2002, cat.16 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:

Lynn, E., Weekend Australian Magazine, 9-10 July 1988, p.13

McGrath, S., Vogue Living, November 1988, p.152 (illus., in studio photograph)

Hilton, M. & Blundell, G., Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney, 1996, p.217

Pearce, B. et al, Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p.260 (illus., in studio photograph)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat.133.88, vol.4, p.426, (illus. p.427), vol.7, p.717

Estimate: $1500000 - 2000000

Result Hammer: $1425000