The Arrival 1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Arrival 1988

offset lithograph
71.0 x 89.0 cm (image); 96.5 x 112.0 cm (framed)
signed lower right: brett whiteley
numbered and titled lower left: 88/150 'the arrival'
signed within image lower left: brett whiteley

commissioned for the cover of Time Australia to mark the Australian Bicentenary in 1988

edition: 88/150

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney
Lawsons-Menzies, Sydney, 16 August 2012, lot 99
Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.115, cat.98 (illus. p.93, another example)
Sutherland, K. Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.193, cat.156P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.841

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $11000

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