(c) courtesy of Wendy Whiteley
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Lord Howe Island Woodhen 1992
Estimate: $35000 - 45000
Sold For:
$29000 hammer
Description
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Lord Howe Island Woodhen 1992
oil, watercolour and ink on paper
97.5 x 64.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: brett whiteley 92
signed and dated lower right: brett whiteley 92
inscribed lower right: Lord Howe Island Woodhen/ size: 400g/ Habitat: now confined to thick/ mossy 'scrublands + forest'/ on summit of Mt Gower +/ Lidgbird, formerly in all habitats/ of the island/ THREATS: Habitat destruction + feral pigs
Provenance:
Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, 1992
Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 24 November 1999, lot 112
BC Fine Art, Queensland (label attached verso)
Private collection, Queensland
Exhibited:
An Endangered Species, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, July 1992
Estimate: $35000 - 45000
Result Hammer: $29000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
2 – 5 DECEMBER, 11am - 6pm
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
9 – 14 DECEMBER, 11am - 6pm
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141