Brett Whiteley
(1939 - 1992)
PRELIMINARY NOTES FOR ‘HARRY’S BUILDING’, 1976
ink, graphite, gouache, pastel, collage and synthetic polymer paint on paper
17.5 x 12.0 cm (each) 25.0 x 96.0 cm (sight, overall)
signed, dated and inscribed with title lower right: preliminary notes for ‘Harry’s building’/ 7’ x 5’ pale grey & white rain April / 76. / brett whiteley bears artist’s stamp lower right
Estimate:
$60,000 - $80,000
Sold:
$73,636 (inc. BP)
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2022
lot details
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private collection
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 10 September 1998
Exhibited
Brett Whiteley, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 12 – 30 October 1991, cat. 7
Modern Australian Painting 1920s – 1980s, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 9 – 27 September 1997, cat. 50 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 44)
on long term loan to Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 17, 120 – 121 (illus.), 237
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat. 202.76, vol. 3, p. 382 (illus.), vol. 7, p. 378
Related Works
Harry’s Building – Sydney Harbour, 1978, mixed media on paper, 40.0 x 30.0 cm, private collection