Smith & Singer
15
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Summer I 1961

Estimate $28,000 – $38,000

JUMP TO LOT +



© Wendy Whiteley

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Summer I 1961

tempera, collage, pencil and charcoal on card
signed and dated '61 / Whiteley' lower left
56 x 78 cm

  • Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $61,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Matthiesen Gallery, London
Mr Lex Aitken, London, acquired from the above in 1962
The Collection of Lex Aitken and Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Sydney
Important Australian and International Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 28 August 2013, lot 15, illustrated
Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 9-31 March 1962, no. 17, illustrated

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. EE13, p. 244
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné [in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. no. 33.61 (illustrated)

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art
Melbourne  |  Sydney
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Geoffrey Smith

Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art
Melbourne  |  Sydney
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Gary Singer
       
Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Fiona Hayward

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Brett Ballard
Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Liza Hallam

We use our own and third party cookies to enable you to navigate around our Site, use its features and engage on social media, and to allow us to perform analytics, remember your preferences, provide services that you have requested and produce content and advertisements tailored to your interests, both on our Site as well as others. For more information, or to learn how to change your cookie or marketing preferences, please see our updated Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy.

By continuing to use our Site, you consent to our use of cookies and to the practices described in our updated Privacy Policy.

CONTINUE