Fred Williams
(1927 - 1982)
SHERBROOKE FOREST NUMBER 1, 1961
drypoint, engraving, aquatint and burnishing on paper
19.0 x 16.5 cm (image)
46.0 x 39.5 cm (frame)
edition: 3/9
state: 14/22
signed and numbered below image
Estimate:
$2,500 - $3,500
Sold:
$4,664 (inc. BP)
© Estate of Fred Williams/Copyright Agency 2023
lot details
46.0 x 39.5 cm (frame)
state: 14/22
signed and numbered below image
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, acquired in 2006 (label attached verso)
The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 March 2014, lot 42
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Fred Williams, Recent paintings and related etchings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Art Sydney 06, RHI and Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, cat. 24
Literature
Mollison, J., Fred Williams Etchings, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 1968, cat. 186, pl. 58, pp. 69, 119 (illus., another example)
Related Works
Sherbrooke Forest number 1, 1961, ed 3/50, drypoint, engraving, aquatint and burnishing, 19.1 x 16.8 cm platemark; 23.7 x 21.3 cm sheet, in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and original condition.
There is a very minor yellow foxing spot to the right of the centre, visible in the enlarged online catalogue illustration.
The paper sheet does not appear to be laid down.
The paper sheet is mounted using archival materials and housed in a black timber frame.