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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  62
• Lot Description:
  Ken Whisson
  (1927-2022)
  Country Sleep 1980
  oil on canvas
  100 x 120 cm
  signed, dated and inscribed 'COUNTRY SLEEP' verso (on stretcher)
• Provenance:
  Ken Whisson, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne; Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 29 November 1991, lot 527, illustrated; Ian Rogers Fine Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 6 November 1996
• Exhibited:
  "Ken Whisson: The Italian Paintings", Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, 18 October - 6 November 1980; "Australian Perspecta 1981: A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian Art", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 May - 21 June 1981, no. 143, illustrated (label verso)"
• References:
  Bernice Murphy, "Australian Perspecta 1981: A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian Art", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, p. 155 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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