MIND STRUCTURE IN ORANGE, 1979 - 80

National Australia Bank Collection
Melbourne
22 February 2022
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MIKE BROWN

(1938 - 1997)
MIND STRUCTURE IN ORANGE, 1979 - 80

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

106.5 x 91.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Mind Structure in Orange Mike Brown 79 – 80

Estimate: 
$3,000 – $5,000
Sold for $5,523 (inc. BP) in Auction 67 - 22 February 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

Probably: Pinacotheca, Melbourne
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in August 1980 (label attached verso)

Exhibited

The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 October – 28 November 1982
Collection of Modern Art in the Seventies, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria, 9 May - 2 June 1985
The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 30 April - 29 May 1988
The Seventies Exhibition: Selected Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection, MacLaurin Hall, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 6 September - 1 October 1989, cat. 5
The Seventies: Contemporary Australian Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection, organised by Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales, New South Wales, cat. 5; and touring, Tamworth City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 24 May – 24 June 1990; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 11 July – 6 August 1990; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 17 August – 10 September 1990; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 October – 31 October 1990
Hidden Treasures: Art in Sydney's Corporate Collections, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 January - 19 February 1994

Literature

Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 17, p. 30 (illus.)