JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)
Spectators 1956
Estimate: $14000 - 18000
Sold For:
$10500 hammer
$12886 inc. buyer's premium
Description
JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)
Spectators 1956
etching
17.0 x 27.0 cm
numbered, signed and dated below image
edition: 6/12
Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
The Racecourse Series by John Brack, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 5 - 15 November 1956, cat.23 (another example)
John Brack: The Sport of Kings and Other Paintings, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 27 March - 8 April 1957, cat.25 (another example)
John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 10 December 1987 - 31 January 1988, cat.141 (another example)
Reference:
Millar, R., John Brack, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p.106
Lindsay, R., McCaughey, P., and Hoff, U., John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, pp.90, 103, 118-19,142 (illus. p.103, another example)
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.75, pr9 (illus. p.254, another example)
Grant, K., John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009, p.216 (illus. p.55, another example)
Estimate: $14000 - 18000
Result Hammer: $10500
Location
Auction in Melbourne, 20 June 2012
Exhibition in Sydney, 7-10 June 2012
Exhibition in Melbourne, 14-19 June 2012