Swinging Monkey 2 1965

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Swinging Monkey 2 1965

colour screenprint
76.0 x 56.0 cm (image); 102.5 x 82.0 cm (framed)
signed lower right: Brett Whiteley
numbered lower left: 16/70
titled within image lower left: Swinging Monkey 2

edition: 16/70

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 338
Private collection, Melbourne
Estate of the above

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)
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1966, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 April 1967 - 7 May 1967
Animals on Paper: from the Australian Collection of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 September - 5 October 1992; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 18 December 1992 - 24 January 1993; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 1-30 May 1993; Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 11 June - 1 August 1993
Brett Whiteley Graphics 1961-1992, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 9 September 2000 - 21 January 2001
Controversy: The Power of Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 21 June - 12 August 2012

Reference:
Mandy, R. Brett Whiteley: 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

Related Works:
Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Estimate: $3000 - 5000

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