UNTITLED, c.1971
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PETER UPWARD
(1932 – 1983)
UNTITLED, c.1971
synthetic polymer paint and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
83.0 cm diameter
signed and dated verso: Peter Upward / 1971 / No. 21
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $5,856 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in May 1988
Exhibited
Peter Upward – Paintings 1970 – 1973, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 9 – 27 September 1986, cat. 10
The Laverty Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 20 June – 23 August 1998
Frozen Gestures: The Art of Peter Upward, Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest, New South Wales, 20 October – 2 December 2007, cat. 45 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)
Literature
Loxley, A., ‘The Laverty Collection’, Art and Australia, Sydney, 1996, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 72