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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON

BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Bather Showing Arm Movement (1963)

$80,000–100,000

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© Wendy Whiteley

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON

BRETT WHITELEY

1939-1992
Bather Showing Arm Movement (1963)

oil, gouache, collage and charcoal on paper on card
signed and inscribed 'arrows show the arm movement / Whiteley' lower left; inscribed 'BATHER / SHOWING ARM / MOVEMENT' verso
56 x 76 cm

  • Lot Sold $105,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $128,100 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Marlborough New Gallery, London
Private Collection, London, acquired from the above in 1964

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley, Marlborough New Gallery, London, 23 April - 23 May 1964, no. 18, illustrated (label verso)

Literature

Barry Pearce, Ashlie Pellow, Alec George and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 137 (illustrated)
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-1967, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. KK3, pp. 98-99 (illustrated), 266
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonn\xE9 [in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. no. 51.63 (illustrated)

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art
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E: Gary Singer
       
Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

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E: Fiona Hayward

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
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E: Brett Ballard
Liza Hallam

Liza Hallam

Administrator

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E: Liza Hallam
Important Australian & International Art

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