Richard Larter (1929 - 2014)

LILLY (LISBOA DIE PISTOLA), 1967

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

136.0 x 243.0 cm
140.0 x 247.0 cm (frame)

signed and dated and inscribed lower centre left: Richard / Larter / "Lily" / to all you / LLs I love / you all / Dec 1967
inscribed with title lower right: LISBOA / DIL / PISTOLA / YOU / MAD / FOU / DICK-DICK / DE-DEMM. 

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 1990

Stripperama – Richard Larter, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 18 May – 28 July 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, 16 August – 6 October 2002, cat. 15 (label attached verso)

Gellatly, K., Stripperama – Richard Larter, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic., 2002, pp 11, 12-13 (illus. double page), 42

This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery

Condition:
This work is in very good and stable condition.
The unevenly applied varnish has discoloured [yellowed] over time and this is most noticeable
in the white areas. Across the composition there are a few minor surface abrasions with some minor specks and chips of paint loss.
The works is housed in its original artist’s timber frame.