Australian Landscape I 1969

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

Australian Landscape I 1969

oil on canvas
121.0 x 152.5 cm
inscribed verso: FRED WILLIAMS/ LW CAT 927

Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Mrs Lyn Williams, Melbourne
Rex Irwin, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 August 2002, lot 27
Private collection, Perth
Company collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 December 2007, lot 34
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2009, lot 38
Property of an investment partnership, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Fred Williams 1969-1979 (Oeuvres), Australian Embassy, Paris, 1980, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape II, 1970)
Fred Williams: Landscapes 1969-79, Fischer Fine Art, London, cat.26 (as Australian Landscape II, 1970, label attached verso)
Fred Williams: A Retrospective Australian National Gallery, Canberra and tour of all state galleries, 1987-88, cat.108 (illus.)
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Paintings, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 1995, cat.25 (illus.)

Reference:
McCaughey, P., Fred Williams 1927-1982, Bay Books, Sydney, 1987, pp.216-220
Mollison, J., A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989, pp.132-135

Related Works:
Australian Landscape II (Gum Trees in Landscape), 1969-70, oil on canvas, 198.0 x 198.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Estimate: $500000 - 700000