ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999
Explorer l 1965
Estimate $300,000 – $400,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES
ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999
Explorer l 1965
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
signed and dated 'Tucker 65' lower right
152 x 122 cm
Provenance
Mr Albert Tucker, Melbourne
Mrs Barbara Tucker, Melbourne, by descent from the above
Sotheby's Australia
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Albert Tucker, Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney, 6 April 1965, no. 8, illustrated
Albert Tucker: The Mythologies & Images, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 26 June – 13 July 1990, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1-18 August 1990, no. 53, illustrated
Albert Tucker: The Intruder – The Perfect Allegory, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, 1 June – 10 August 2009, illustrated
Literature
Christopher Uhl, Albert Tucker, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, cat. 18.34, 'Gippsland Explorer I (Explorer I)', illustrated
Ivan Durrant Albert Tucker: The Intruder – The Perfect Allegory, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, n.p. (illustrated)
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