Zen Monks 1971

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Zen Monks 1971

ink on paper on board
49.5 x 52.0 cm (sheet)

signed, dated and inscribed lower left: Zen Monks Brett Whiteley 2/Mar/71

Provenance:

Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney

Mr William Burge, Sydney, c1972

Thence by descent, private collection

Christie's, The W. R. Burge Collection of Australian & International Pictures & Sculpture, Sydney, 6 March 2006, lot 123

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher + Hackett, Melbourne, 30 November 2011, lot 59

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: Portraits and Other Emergencies, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 29 February - 21 March 1972; Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 29 March - 21 April 1972

Reference:

McGrath, S., Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979, cat.109, p.228 (illus.)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.3, p.100, cat.42.71 (illus.), vol.7, p.241

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $55000