Fred Williams
(1927 - 1982)
FOREST TREES, 1959
oil on composition board
38.3 x 40.0 cm
44.5 x 46.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: FRED WILLIAMS/FOREST TREES 1959/38.5 x 40.2 cm/ Lyn Williams 1999
Estimate:
$35,000 - $45,000
Sold:
$42,955 (inc. BP)
© Estate of Fred Williams/Copyright Agency 2022
lot details
44.5 x 46.0 cm (frame)
The Estate of the Artist, Melbourne
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Christie’s, Melbourne, 2– 3 May 2002, lot 81
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Fred Williams: Paintings 1959–1978, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 4 April – 6 May 2000
Reducing Landscapes: Fred Williams and John Nixon, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 21 March to 28 June 2015, then touring to Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne, 16 January – 6 March 2016
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 237
Related Works
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 237
Condition:
This work is in excellent, stable and original condition.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is float mounted in a timber box frame with gilt front edge.