The Orange Table 1977-78

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

The Orange Table 1977-78

oil, mixed media and collage on board
132.0 x 213.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: brett whiteley/ 78
inscribed verso: 'The Orange Table' (sketch)/ 1977 - 78/ tempera, oil, oyster shells on ply/ 78' x 78'

Provenance:
Fischer Fine Art, London (label attached verso)
Private collection, London, 1985
Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 1 May 2000, lot 172
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 March 2002, lot 46
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 23 June 2011, lot 48
Property of a business syndicate, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 13 September 2012, lot 39
Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:
McGrath, S., Brett Whiteley, Bay Books,Sydney, 1992, pp.185, 210
Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art and Life, Thames and Hudson, Sydney, 1995, p.48

Estimate: $650000 - 850000

Result Hammer: $750000