Kookaburra 1983

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Kookaburra 1983

screenprint with offset lithography
84.5 x 66.0 cm (image); 105.5 x 75.0 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: brett whiteley

numbered lower left: 36/50

stamped lower right with artist’s monogram

edition: 36/50

Provenance:

Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)

Private collection, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March - 24 April 1983 (another example)

Life and Death: A Visual Experience in Opposites, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 28 May - 18 June 1983 (not catalogued, another example)

Brett Whiteley: Some Recent Works: Birds (11), the Drought of 83 (7), Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 30 July - 17 August 1983, cat.32 (another example)

Brett Whiteley: Review of Prints, 1976-1983, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 13 November - 7 December 1983, cat.15 (another example)

Reference:

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.69, cat.94 (illus., another example)

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.114, cat.75 (illus. p.78, another example)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.150, cat.126P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.835

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $19500