Sketch for Portrait of Ronald Millar 1970

JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)

Sketch for Portrait of Ronald Millar 1970

oil on canvas on board
56.0 x 42.0 cm
signed and dated lower centre: John Brack 70

Provenance:
Ronald Millar collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
John Brack: Selected Paintings 1947-1977, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, March - April 1977, cat.25
John Brack Retrospective: Painting and Drawings, 1945 - 1977, Melville Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, September - October 1977, cat.31
John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 10 December 1987 - 31 January 1988, cat.82
Portraits by John Brack, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 23 August - 18 November 2007

Reference:
Millar, R., John Brack, Lansdowne Australian Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1971 (illus. 1, p.12)
John Brack Retrospective: Painting and Drawings, 1945-1977, Australian National University, Canberra, 1977, cat.31 (illus. pl.31)
Lindsay, R., John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, cat.82
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.24, cat.o175
Brack, H., Grishin, S., & Sayers, A., Portraits by John Brack, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2007, p.61

Related Works:
Portrait of Ronald Millar 1970, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 91.5 cm, private collection, illus. in Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.2, cat.o176, p.137

Estimate: $80000 - 100000

Result Hammer: $75000