Lot 45
Nectar (Addiction)
Portrait of Paul Verlaine 1979
etching 17/75
editioned and signed below image
60 x 45cm, frame size: 88 x 70cm
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
There is a wave evident to the lower section of the work. There is foreign matter found behind the glass in the upper left corner. Well framed with some wear to the edges.
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Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961 - 1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.112, cat. 50 (illus. p.57, another example)
A major influence on the Symbolist movement, French poet Paul Verlaine was born in Metz, France in 1844. Verlaine was also one of the models for the Decadent movement that began in the 1870s.
© Wendy Whiteley
Prints & Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8402
6:00pm - 31 March 2021
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Viewing:
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 March, 10am - 4pm
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