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Lot 57

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Figure on an Orange Background 1961
screenprint, ed. of 75
67 x 51.5cm (image); 91 x 74cm (frame)

Estimate $2,000 - $4,000

Sold for $1,900


The Artist
The Collection of Toby Purves, Melbourne
Thence by descent


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


Deutscher, C., Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p. 12, cat. no. 1 (illus., another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, pp. 88, 325, cat. no. W1 (illus., another example)
Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol. 5, p. 7, cat. no. 1P (illus., another example), vol. 7, p. 807


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

© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2025

Prints and Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

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


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