PORTRAIT OF (VERLAINE AS) RIMBAUD, 1970

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Sydney
10 May 2017
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BRETT WHITELEY

(1939 – 1992)
PORTRAIT OF (VERLAINE AS) RIMBAUD, 1970

oil, collage and screenprint on board

100.0 x 84.5 cm

signed, dated and inscribed with title lower right: (Verlaine as) / Portrait of Rimbaud. Brett Whiteley 70 3

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Sold for $68,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 49 - 10 May 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 26 July 1987, lot 424
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14 August 1989, lot 463
Gene and Brian Sherman collection, Sydney