Lot 75
The Umbrellas 1977
conté on paper
signed and dated lower right: John Brack 77
titled on label verso
44 x 30.5cm
Estimate $20,000 - $25,000
Crossley Gallery, Melbourne 1979
The Collection of Laima and Vincas Jomantas, Melbourne
Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, Inaugural exhibition, John Brack: Works on Paper, August 1979, cat no. 20
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack Volume II: Catalogue Raisonne, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 232 (illus.)
Lindsay, R., John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987
McCulloch, A., New forms - fat and thin, exhibition review, Herald newspaper, 23 August 1979
RELATED WORKS:
Pens 1977, pencil, pen and black and brown ink, watercolour on ivory wove paper, 76 x 55.5cm, National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Confrontation 1978, pen and coloured inks and watercolour, 70.5 x 49.6 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Umbrellas 1977 served as a study for the artist's later oil painting, Forward 1978.
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8282
6:30pm - 19 March 2019
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
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Wednesday 27 February, 10am-4pm
Thursday 28 February, 10am-7pm
Friday 1 March, 10am-4pm
Melbourne
Wednesday 13 March, 9am-8pm
Thursday 14-Sunday 17 March, 10am-4pm
Monday 18 March, By Appointment Only
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