Little Orange (Sunset) 1974

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Little Orange (Sunset) 1974

oil and mixed media on board
205.5 x 76.0 cm
signed lower right: brett whiteley

Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 November 1997, lot 115
Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland (label attached verso)
Private collection, Queensland
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 13 September 2006, lot 25
The Estate of Barbara Heine, Victoria

Exhibited:
Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay Series, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, November - December 1974, cat.2

Related Works:
Big Orange (Sunset) 1974, oil on board, 244.0 x 305.5 cm, Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, illus. in McGrath, S., Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1992, p.170 & 171. Also illus. in Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley Art and Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p.144, pl.85

Estimate: $750000 - 850000

Result Hammer: $1150000