JOHN BRACK
1920-1999

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

JOHN BRACK

1920-1999
Study for Siege 1979

pen and ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
signed and dated 'John Brack 79' lower right; inscribed 'STUDY FOR SIEGE' verso
61 x 81 cm

• Lot Sold $115,000 (Hammer Price)
• $140,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Sothebys's Australia, Sydney, 22 November 1992, lot 171, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

John Brack, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 16 August - 10 September 1980, no. 13
John Brack Drawings 1945-79, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 9 June - 10 July 1981, no. 60

Literature

Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, Vol. 2, cat. p255, pp. 69, 236 (illustrated)