My Armchair 1976

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