Fascismo 1963

IAN FAIRWEATHER (1891-1974)

Fascismo 1963

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard
106.0 x 70.5 cm

Provenance:
G. Elsworthy, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Christie's, Sydney, 23 September 1985, lot 595
Private collection, Brisbane
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 1966
Fairweather Retrospective, touring exhibition: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1 October - 27 November 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 December 1994 - 19 February 1995; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 March - 7 May 1995
Top Guns 2010, , Richard Martin Art, Sydney, 3 - 21 July 2010

Reference:
Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Bay Books, Sydney, 1981, p.247, pl.187, fig.88 (illus. p.194)
Bail, M., Fairweather, Retrospective catalogue, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.125, pl.53 (illus.)
Bail, M., Ian Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.258, cat.199, pl.168 (illus. p.199)

Related Works:
Shalimar, c1962, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard, 124.0 x 178.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Retrospective catalogue, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1994, p.119, pl.47
House by the Sea, 1967-68, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on four sheets of cardboard on hardboard, 131.5 x 193.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, pp.232-233, pl.201
Figures and Faces, 1969, polymer paint and gouache on cardboard, 105.5 x 75.0 cm, Tarrawarra Museum of Art Collection, Victoria, illus. in Bail, M., Fairweather, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.226, pl.193

Estimate: $300000 - 400000

Result Hammer: $320000