BIRD ON A BRANCH, 1977

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
22 November 2023
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BRETT WHITELEY

(1939 - 1992)
BIRD ON A BRANCH, 1977

sugarlift aquatint on paper

43.0 x 75.0 cm (image)
68.5 x 78.5 cm (sheet)

edition: artist's proof aside from an edition of 60 with 8-10 APs

signed and numbered below image
stamped with studio stamp lower right: BW

Estimate: 
AU$8,000 – $12,000
Sold for $18,409 (inc. BP) in Auction 76 - 22 November 2023, Sydney
Provenance

Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Perth

Exhibited

Brett Whiteley, Recent Painting and Drawings, Fischer Fine Art, London, September 1977, cat. 76 (another example, as 'Bird on Branch')

Literature

Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961 - 1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, cat. 29, p. 27 (illus., another example)
Deutscher, C., Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961 - 1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, cat. 44, p. 52 (illus., another example)
Sutherland, K.,  Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat. 87P, vol. 3, p. 442 (illus. another example), vol. 5, p. 92 (illus., another example), vol. 7, p. 824