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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JOHN BRACK
1920-1999

On Two Hands and One Foot 1973

$15,000–20,000

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© Helen Brack

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JOHN BRACK

1920-1999
On Two Hands and One Foot 1973

conté on paper
signed and dated 'John Brack 73' lower left; inscribed '"ON TWO HANDS & ONE FOOT"' verso (label)
21 x 16 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne

  • Lot Sold $19,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $23,318 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

John Brack, Melbourne
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 11 March 1975
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

Exhibited

John Brack: Recent Paintings, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 24 February - 11 March 1975, no. 23
John Brack Drawings 1945-1979, Monash University Exhibition Gallery, Melbourne, 9 June - 10 July 1981, no. 49

Literature

Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, Vol. 2, cat. no. p190, pp. 62-63, 222 (illustrated)

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