Ken Whisson

(1927 - 2022)

Two aeroplanes and one or two birds, 1975

oil and enamel on composition board

82.5 x 110.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed with title on artist's label verso: KEN WHISSON / "TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS" / PAINTED 20/10/1975
dated and inscribed with title verso: 20/10/75 /"TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS"

Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000

Sold:
$27,000 (inc. BP)

Lot 41

Ken Whisson

Two aeroplanes and one or two birds

, 1975

lot details

Ken Whisson (1927 - 2022)
Two aeroplanes and one or two birds, 1975
oil and enamel on composition board
82.5 x 110.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title on artist's label verso: KEN WHISSON / "TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS" / PAINTED 20/10/1975
dated and inscribed with title verso: 20/10/75 /"TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS"
Provenance

Collection of the artist
Watters Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in August 2014

Exhibited

A Special Exhibition of Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 1996, cat. 19
Making it new: focus on contemporary Australian art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 8 September – 11 November 2009
27th Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 3 – 13 December 2013, cat. 63
Watters Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair 2014, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 14 – 17 August 2014, cat. 2