Double Nude I 1982-83

JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)

Double Nude I 1982-83

oil on canvas
163.0 x 203.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: John Brack

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 23 August 1999, lot 82
Company collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2004, lot 22
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 5 December 2007, lot 30
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 08 December 2011, lot 42
Property of an investment partnership, Melbourne

Exhibited:
John Brack, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 21 May - 11 June 1983, cat.5 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
John Brack 1920-1999: A Tribute Exhibition, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 20 April - 15 May 1999, cat.5 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
A Question of Balance: John Brack 1974-1994, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 1 April - 28 May 2000
John Brack, The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 April - 9 August 2009 and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2 October 2009 - 31 January 2010

Reference:
Holloway, M., 'Intelligence Dominates the Romantic and Emotional', The Age, Melbourne, 25 May 1983 (illus.)
Lindsay, R., John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, p.134
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.I, p.160, pl.50 (illus.); vol.II, p.36, cat.o273
Gott, T., A Question of Balance: John Brack 1974-1994, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 2000, pp.23 & 45 (illus. p.22)
Grant, K., with Brack, H., Grishin, S., et al, John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009, p.225 (illus. p.186)

Estimate: $1000000 - 1400000

Result Hammer: $960000