The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988

oil and collage on board with electric light
244.0 x 204.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: brett whiteley 88

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist, Alex Holland, Sydney, 1988
Private collection, Perth
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 23
Corporate collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2009, lot 36
Property of an investment syndicate, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Brett Whiteley: Birds, The Artist's Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney, 5 - 19 July 1988, cat.16
Twenty Fine Paintings, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, 2001, cat.15 (illus.)
Gould Modern: Melbourne Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July - 31 August 2002, cat.16 (illus.)

Related Works:
Orange Fijian Fruit Dove, 1988, oil and glass on canvas, 152.0 x 137.0 cm, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 November 2001, lot 29
Shao (Rain Slanted by Wind), 1978-79, oil, nest and bird’s egg on board, 122.0 x 81.0 cm, illus. in Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Sydney, Thames and Hudson and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995, pl.142

Estimate: $1100000 - 1500000

Result Hammer: $1100000