BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
My Armchair 1976
Estimate: $3000000 - 4000000
Sold For:
$3,200,000 hammer
Description
BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
My Armchair 1976
oil on canvas
206.5 x 283.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: brett whiteley 1976
inscribed upper right: interior at Lavender Bay under sunlight- april-may/ASTRAL WEEKS
artist's monogram in five locations
Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1976 (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September - 5 October 1976, cat.3
Reference:
McGrath, S., Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979, pp.180-181 (illus.)
Related Works:
Henri's Armchair 1974-75, oil on canvas, 194.5 x 303.5 cm, illus in McGrath. S., Brett Whiteley, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1979, (illus. p.168)
Interior with Time Past 1976, oil on canvas, 198.0 x 200.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, Sydney, illus in McGrath. S., Brett Whiteley, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1979, (illus. p.178)
Estimate: $3000000 - 4000000
Result Hammer: $3,200,000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING. 17 - 20 October 11am - 6pm. 12 Todman Avenue, Kensington
MELBOURNE VIEWING. 24 - 30 October 11am - 6pm. Stonnington Mansion, 336 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern