ID 728626
Lot 132 | BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Sketch for Large Monkey Drawing
signed, inscribed and dated '"SKETCH FOR LARGE MONKEY/DRAWING 1964./Brett Whiteley' (on the backboard)
charcoal, pencil and linseed oil on paper
30 1⁄2 x 30 1⁄2 in. (77.5 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1964.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Kenneth Armitage, London.
with Jonathan Clark and Co., London.
with Agnews, London.
with Australian Galleries, Sydney.
with Michael Graham-Stewart, London, where purchased by the present owner, circa 2016.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Brett Whiteley: Zoo Series and Christie Series, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1965, n.p., no. 11, illustrated.
K. Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné: 1955-1992, Vol. 7, Victoria, 2020, p. 147, no. 52.64.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Brett Whiteley: Zoo Series and Christie Series, 1965, no. 11.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Brett Whiteley (1939 - 1992) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Charcoal |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Artist: | Brett Whiteley (1939 - 1992) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Charcoal |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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