THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN, 1969

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
29 August 2018
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© courtesy of Wendy Whiteley
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BRETT WHITELEY

(1939 – 1992)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN, 1969

pen, ink and wash on paper

56.5 x 51.5 cm

signed and inscribed lower left: (Brett W. (money)) / + the most beautiful mountain / on the globe earth green / slithering wet / impenetrable / like truth!

Estimate: 
$25,000 – 35,000
Sold for $35,380 (inc. BP) in Auction 55 - 29 August 2018, Sydney
Provenance

Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above in 1978
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Patricia Valsinger, Sydney
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Contemporary Australian Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, then touring to Brisbane and Sydney, 1978, cat. 93 (illus.)
Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September – 19 November 1995, touring exhibition to Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, until 17 November 1996

Literature

Pearce, B., et al., Brett Whiteley, Art & Life, 1939 - 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, cat. 23, pp. 33 (illus.), 224