Figures on an Ochre Background 1961

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Figures on an Ochre Background 1961

colour screenprint
66.5 x 50.0 cm (image); 79.0 x 56.0 cm (sheet); 90.0 x 72.0 cm (framed)
signed lower right: Brett Whiteley
numbered lower left: 52/75
edition: 52/75

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney
Thence by descent, private collection, Italy

Exhibited:
Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches, The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 9-31 March 1962, cat.31 (another example)

Reference:
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.110, cat.2 (illus. p.13, another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, p.324, cat.W2 (illus. p.325, another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.9, cat.2P (illus., another example), vol.7, p.807

Related Works:
Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the British Museum, London; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

EXHIBITED IN SYDNEY

Estimate: $4000 - 6000

Result Hammer: $3400

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