Scudding Swans 1959

JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)

Scudding Swans 1959

oil and tempera on board
91.0 x 122.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Perceval/ 59

Provenance:
The artist
Private collection, New South Wales
The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 109
Corporate collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting, Gallery V at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, 1966, cat.72 (remnant of label attached verso)
The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, 1966, cat.134

Reference:
Plant M., John Perceval, Melbourne, 1971, pp.53-54, (illus., p.56, in reverse)
Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p.160

Estimate: $550000 - 700000

Result Hammer: $575000