The Divided Unity 1974

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Divided Unity 1974

colour screenprint
66.5 x 93.5 cm (image); 76.5 x 105.0 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: brett whiteley

numbered, titled and dated lower left: 47/70 the Divided Unity 74

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne

Acquired from the above, private collection, Victoria

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Fischer Fine Art, London, September 1977, cat.68 (as Divided Unity, another example)

Reference:

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.14, cat.15 (illus., another example)

Capon, E., Another Way of Looking at Vincent Van Gogh 1888-1889 by Brett Whiteley 1968-1983, Richard Griffin Press, Melbourne, 1983 (illus., another example)

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.110, cat.14 (illus. p.25, another example)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.41, cat.52P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.816

Related Works:

The Divided Unity 1973, pen, ink and collage on board (diptych), 74.0 x 104.0 cm (overall), private collection, Sydney; illus. in Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.3, p.168

Estimate: $12000 - 16000

Result Hammer: $13000