Swinging Monkey 2 1965

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Swinging Monkey 2 1965

colour screenprint
76.0 x 56.0 cm (image); 98.0 x 68.0 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: Brett Whiteley

numbered lower left: 70/70

titled within image lower left: SWINGING MONKEY 2

edition: 70/70

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Brett Whiteley, Marlborough New London Gallery, London, 5-30 October 1965, cat.6 (another example)

Recent Works from London by Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 31 January - 17 February 1966; Kym Bonython’s Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney, 7-24 March 1966, cat.9 (another example)

Reference:

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.11, cat.6 (illus., another example)

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.110, cat.6, (illus. p.17, another example)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, p.324, cat.W12

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.17, cat.8P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.809

Estimate: $4000 - 6000

Result Hammer: $5000