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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 Sep 2020 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  12
• Lot Description:
  Brett Whiteley
  (1939-1992)
  White Corella 1987
  oil on canvas
  106.3 x 91.1 cm frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney
  signed, dated and inscribed '23/12/87 / corrella [sic] bathing in a / water-hole on top of Ayres / Rock / (looked like a milk bottle / exploding) / Brett Whiteley' lower right; inscribed ''EXPLOSIVE SOUND' / "Iksplouzon" JAPANESE' verso
• Provenance:
  Brett Whiteley, Sydney; Greg Norman, acquired from the above in 1988; Private Collection, New South Wales
• Exhibited:
  "Brett Whiteley: Birds", The Artist's Studio, Surry Hills, 5-19 July 1988, no. 18; "The Collectors Exhibition", Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 3 May - 12 June 2014, no. 2; "Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty", Smith & Singer, Sydney, 24 February - 7 March 2020, no. 20, illustrated
• References:
  Kathie Sutherland, "Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné " [in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 59.87, Vol. 4, p. 422 (illustrated); Geoffrey Smith, "Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty", Smith & Singer, Sydney, 2020, pp. 44-45 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$600,000 - 800,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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