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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  100
• Lot Description:
  Brett Whiteley
  (1939-1992)
  The Cat (1980)
  offset lithograph on paper, artist's proof from an edition of 100, plus artist's proofs
  84.5 x 82.5 cm (image); 116 x 91.2 (sheet)
  inscribed 'A/P 'sunlight on the cat' lower left; signed 'brett whiteley B/W' lower right
• Provenance:
  Brett Whiteley, Sydney; Private Collection; Major Fine Art Auction, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 August 2002, lot 4, 'Sunlight on the Cat', illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney; Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 26 November 2007, lot 92, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  Robert Mandy, Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, cat. no. 59, p. 42 (illustrated, another example); Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, cat. no. 60, pp. 67, 113 (illustrated, another example); Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 105P, Vol. 5, p. 121 (illustrated, another example), Vol. 7, p. 829
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: (Probably) Brett Whiteley: Drawings and Gouaches, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, April - May 1981, no. 8 (another example); The Entire Collection of Graphics of Brett Whiteley: 1961-1981, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 20 July - 1 August 1981, no. 56 (another example); Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics: 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March - 24 April 1983 (another example); Brett Whiteley: The Graphics: 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 27 November - 16 December 1995; Greenhill Galleries, Perth, 10 April - 1 May 1996, no. 60, illustrated (another example)
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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