PLATYPUS, TARONGA ZOO, 1978
© courtesy of Wendy Whiteley
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BRETT WHITELEY
(1939 – 1992)
PLATYPUS, TARONGA ZOO, 1978
charcoal on paper
75.5 x 52.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: 2/nov/78 / brett Whiteley / Taronga Zoo
artist's stamp lower right
Estimate:
$25,000 – 35,000
Sold for $37,820 (inc. BP) in Auction 52 - 29 November 2017, Melbourne
Provenance
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (cat. AG 3713)
Company collection
Pro Hart collection, Broken Hill
Thence by descent
Private collection, Broken Hill
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 199
Company collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2007
Deutscher and Hackett gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Kathie Sutherland in cataloguing this work.