LOVERS, c.1965

Part 1: Important Fine Art
Melbourne
26 November 2014
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BRETT WHITELEY

(1939 - 1992)
LOVERS, c.1965

charcoal on paper

76.0 x 55.0 cm each (sheet)

sheet 2 inscribed lower centre: [Chinese characters] LOVE?
each numbered lower centre: 1, 2, 3

Estimate: 
$30,000 - 40,000 (3)
Sold for $33,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 37 - 26 November 2014, Melbourne
Provenance

Cecil Beaton, United Kingdom, purchased from the artist c.1973
Christie's, Sydney, 26 October 1987, lot 723 (as 'Love?', c.1973)
Peter Gant Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1988

Exhibited

Autumn Exhibition 1988: Modern to Contemporary Australian Art, Peter Gant Fine Art, Melbourne, 17 May – 14 June 1988, cat. 54, set of three (illus. in exhibition catalogue)
Australian Drawings Part One, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne, 2 – 26 August 2006, cat. 4, 5, 6 (as 'Lovers I, II, III, c1963')
Winter Collectors Exhibition, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne, 16 July – 2 August 2008, cat. 18 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)

Literature

Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957–67, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. O16, p. 293 (sheet 2 illus.)