Dawn (Lavender Bay Series) 1974

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Dawn (Lavender Bay Series) 1974

oil on canvas
91.0 x 60.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso: "DAWN" LAVENDER BAY SERIES/ Brett Whiteley 1974

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 31
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Lavender Bay Series, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 November - 3 December 1974, cat.24

Related Works:
Brett Whiteley, Big Orange (Sunset) 1974, oil on board, 233.0 x 305.5 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.85
Brett Whiteley, Lavender Bay in the Rain 1974, oil on Perspex, string, wax on board, and Perspex, 120.5 x 95.0 cm, illus. in; Pearce B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.89
Brett Whiteley, The Balcony 2 1975, oil on canvas, 203.5 x 364.5 cm, illus in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.86
Brett Whiteley, The Jacaranda Tree (On Sydney Harbour) 1977, oil on canvas, 208.0 x 456.0 cm, illus in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.84
Brett Whiteley, Grey Harbour c1978, oil and charcoal on canvas, 86.5 x 85.5 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.87
Brett Whiteley, Lavender Bay in the Rain 1981, oil, PVA, Perspex on canvas on board, 89.5 x 89.0 cm, illus. in; Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley, Art and Life, Thames and Hudson and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, pl.88

Estimate: $450000 - 550000

Result Hammer: $440,000