Chimp, Taronga Park Zoo (also known as Monkey) 1979

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Chimp, Taronga Park Zoo (also known as Monkey) 1979

etching
24.5 x 20.0 cm (image); 50.0 x 33.0 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: brett whiteley

numbered lower left: A/P

edition: Artist’s Proof (edition of 50)

Provenance:

(possibly) Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, c1995

Private collection, Canada

Reference:

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.40, cat.53 (illus., another example, as Zoo)

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.113, cat.55 (illus. p.62, another example, as (Monkey))

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, pp.106, cat.96P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.826

Estimate: $3500 - 5500

Result Hammer: $4250