Brett Whiteley (1939 - 1992)

STARTLED (OWL), 1984

hand coloured sugarlift aquatint, printed in black ink on ivory wove paper

50.0 x 50.0 cm (sheet)
76.0 x 56.0 cm (plate)
90.0 x 80.0 cm (frame)

edition: 2/30
signed and numbered below image

Dempsters Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1992

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961 – 1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, cat. 98, p. 72 (illus. another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961 – 1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, cat. 87, p. 84 (illus. another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol. 5, p. 153 (illus. another example), vol. 7, p. 835, cat. 128P

Young Owl, 1983, pen, brush and ink on rice paper, 72.0 x 56.0 cm, private collection, Sydney

This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery

This work is in excellent, stable and near original condition. The work has not been viewed out of its frame. The work is framed under glass with a cream mount. There are some very minor creases to the sheet on the central right side. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.