JOHN BRACK
1920-1999
Green Nude 1971
$200,000–250,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
JOHN BRACK
1920-1999
Green Nude 1971
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'John Brack 71' lower right
115.6 x 89 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
- Lot Sold $340,000 (Hammer Price)
- $417,273 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
John Brack, Melbourne
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (stock 2,858)
Leon Velik, Melbourne
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 5,939)
Mutual Permanent Building Society, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 22 March 1977
Statewide Building Society, Melbourne
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 7,643)
Dr Gavin Cottrell, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 3 July 1980
Australian and European Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 24 November 1993, lot 197, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne
19th & 20th Century Fine Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 20 August 2001, lot 40, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian & International Art, Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 15 April 2003, lot 31, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne
Paintings, Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 31 July 2006, lot 348, illustrated Paul Leeds, Melbourne
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture, Menzies, Sydney, 28 March 2019, lot 42, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
John Brack, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 7-28 April 1971, no. 8
Recent Paintings by John Brack, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1-17 September 1971, no. 5
Autumn Exhibition 1977: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 7-22 March 1977, no. 94, illustrated
Spring Exhibition 1980, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1-10 September 1980, no. 196, illustrated
Spring Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 October - 16 November 1990, no. 38
Literature
Alan McCulloch, 'Innocence and Eloquence - Brack's Voice of Silence', The Herald, Melbourne, 1 September 1971, (illustrated)
Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, Vol. 2, cat. no. o187, 'Green Nude', pp. 26, 143 (illustrated)
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Emily WalkerAdministrator, Art Australian & International Art |
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David MackayGallery Manager Sydney |
