Nude with Chair and Carpet 1970

JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)

Nude with Chair and Carpet 1970

pastel on paper
48.5 x 64.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: John Brack 70

Provenance:
Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 21 August 2000, lot 6
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
John Brack: Drawings and Paintings of the Nude, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 7 - 28 April 1971, cat.12
Australian Art: Colonial to Contemporary, Deutscher Fine Art, May - June 1995, cat.103 (illus.)
The Nude in the Art of John Brack, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne, 17 December 2006 - 11 March 2007, cat.20

Reference:
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.59 (as 'whereabouts unknown')

Related Works:
Nude with Chair and Carpet 1970, is one of only six recorded colour pastel drawings made by the artist and all were exhibited at Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, April 1971.

Estimate: $55000 - 65000