Brett Whiteley
(1939 - 1992)
The cat, 1980
offset lithograph
84.5 x 82.0 cm (image)
116.0 x 91.5 cm (sheet)
121.0 x 93.0 (frame)
signed, numbered and inscribed with title below image: A/P 4 'the cat' brett whiteley
bears artist's stamp with initials below image
Estimate:
$28,000 - $35,000
Sold:
$29,455 (inc. BP)
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2026
lot details
116.0 x 91.5 cm (sheet)
121.0 x 93.0 (frame)
bears artist's stamp with initials below image
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 1980s
Exhibited
probably Brett Whiteley: Drawings and Gouaches, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, April – May 1981, cat. 8 (another example)
The Entire Collection of Graphics of Brett Whiteley: 1961–1981, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July – 1 August 1981, cat. 56 (another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961–1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March – 24 April 1983 (another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961–1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 November – 16 December 1995; Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 10 April – 1 May 1996, cat. 60 (another example)
Literature
Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961–1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, cat. 59, p. 42 (illus., another example)
Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, cat. 60, pp. 67, 113 (illus., another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat. 105P, vol. 5, p. 121 (illus., another example), vol. 7, p. 829


