FRED WILLIAMS
1927-1982
Trees (1958)
Estimate $300,000 – $500,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
FRED WILLIAMS
1927-1982
Trees (1958)
oil on composition board
signed 'Fred Williams' lower right
112.5 x 91.5 cm
- Lot Sold $300,000 (Hammer Price)
- $366,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Estate of Fred Williams, Melbourne
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 30 November 1999
Exhibited
Landscapes by Fred Williams, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 15-24 July 1958, no. 54, 75 gns
(Probably) First Anniversary Exhibition, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney, 13-23 August 1958, no. 55, 75 gns
Fred Williams: A Retrospective, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 7 November 1987 - 31 January 1988, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, no. 19, illustrated
Fred Williams, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 16 May - 10 June 2000, no. 1
Literature
Fred Williams: A Retrospective [exhibition checklist], Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1987, p. 5 (illustrated)
We greatfully acknowledge the kind assistance of Mrs Lyn Willims AM in cataloguing this work.
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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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