Reading 1981

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Reading 1981

linocut
30.5 x 30.5 cm (image); 76.0 x 56.0 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: brett whiteley

numbered lower left: 4/10

stamped lower right with artist's monogram

edition: 4/10

Provenance:

Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label attached verso)

Private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:

Recent Nudes, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, October 1981, cat.50 (another example)

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

Brett Whiteley: Review of Prints 1976-1983, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 1983, cat.9 (another example)

Reference:

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.53, cat.65 (illus., another example)

Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.113, cat.68 (illus. p.73, another example)

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.4, p.134, cat.112P (illus., another example), vol.5, p.129 (illus., another example), vol.7, p.830

Estimate: $10000 - 15000

Result Hammer: $11000