L.C.H (LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE) NO. 3, 1963

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
1 December 2022
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RICHARD LARTER

(1929 - 2014)
L.C.H (LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE) NO. 3, 1963

synthetic polymer paint on composition board  

91.5 x 122.0 cm

signed with initials and dated lower left: RL 63
signed and inscribed with title verso: R.A.S. $400.00 / The Human Image / Title "L.C.H. No. 3" / R. Larter, Lot 2 Bringelly / Rd., / L V D DENHAM / N.S.W

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $12,000
Sold for $24,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 72 - 1 December 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
The Laverty collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 1991

Exhibited

Richard Larter – Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 9 – 26 July 1969, cat. 6
Good Grief! Richard Larter in Canberra Ever!, Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, 28 May – 15 June 1975, cat. 1
Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne, 6 March – April 1984
An Exhibition At Two Venues To Celebrate Richard Larter’s Seventieth Birthday, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 22 May 1999, cat. 7

Literature

Catalano, G., ‘The earlier paintings of Richard Larter’, Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, vol. 11, no. 1, July – September 1973, p. 70 (illus.)