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Lot 7

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Figure on an Orange Background 1961
screenprint, ed. 74/75
signed lower right: Brett Whiteley
editioned lower left
66 x 50cm

Estimate $4,500 - $6,500

Sold for $4,200


Acquired in England c.1963
Private collection, New South Wales


Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches, Mathiesen Gallery, London, 9 - 31 March 1962, cat. no. 30 (another impression)
Brett Whiteley Graphics 1961 - 1992, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 9 September 2000 - 21 January 2001 (another impression)
Brett Whiteley: Printmaker, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 3 April - 11 July 2021 (another impression)


Deutscher, C., Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961 – 1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995 cat. no. 1, p. 12 (illus., another impression)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957–67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. W1, pp. 88, 325 (illus., another impression)


Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art; Brisbane.

© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023

Prints & Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8679
6:00pm - 5 April 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 31 March - Sunday 2 April, 10am - 4pm
4 University Place, Clayton VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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