Poem for a Lover 1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Poem for a Lover 1988

screenprint with hand colouring
77.5 x 79.5 cm (image); 110.0 x 96.5 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: brett whiteley

numbered lower left: 54/80

edition: 54/80

Provenance:

The Estate of Brett Whiteley, Sydney

Acquired from the above, private collection, Melbourne

Reference:

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.115, cat.99 (illus. p.94, another example)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.192, cat.155P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.841

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $15000