Brett Whiteley
(1939 - 1992)
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE, 1977
etching on paper
60.5 x 45.0 cm (image)
93.0 x 76.0 cm (frame)
edition: 37/60
signed and numbered below image
Estimate:
$12,000 - $16,000
Sold:
$12,273 (inc. BP)
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023
lot details
93.0 x 76.0 cm (frame)
signed and numbered below image
Private collection
Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 22 May 2022, lot 5
Private collection, Sydney
Literature
Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961 – 1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p. 30, cat. 35 (illus., another example)
Deutscher, C., Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961 – 1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p. 112, cat. 46 (illus. p. 54, another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol. 5, p. 71, cat. 75P (illus., another example), vol. 7, p. 821
Related Works
Another example of this print is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
The paper sheet is not laid down.
There is some old, light foxing visible in right side, top and upper left margins of the paper sheet, which can be viewed on the online catalogue image enlargement.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is housed in a timber frame under glass using archival materials.