Boy in the Night 1965

JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)

Boy in the Night 1965

oil on canvas on board
51.0 x 61.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Perceval/ '65
signed, dated and inscribed verso: "Boy in the/ night"/ 1965/ Perceval

Provenance:
Mrs G. Sheinberg, Sydney
Christie's, Sydney, 22 October 1975, lot 415
Private collection, Noumea
Art Exchange, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1988, stock no. 13203 (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2006, lot 40
Private collection, Queensland

Exhibited:
John Perceval, Clune Galleries, Sydney, March 1966, cat.18
John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, September 1966, cat.2
John Perceval, Clune Galleries, Sydney, September 1967
John Perceval: The Formative Years and the Present, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 10 October 1988, no. 23 (as Little Boy in the Night) (label attached verso)

Reference:
Art and Australia, June 1967, vol.5, no.1, p.356
Plant, M., John Perceval, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p.96 (illus.)
Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, pp.14, 165 (illus. p.14)

Estimate: $25000 - 35000