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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  13
• Lot Description:
  John Brack
  (1920-1999)
  Green Nude 1971
  oil on canvas; frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
  115.6 x 89 cm
  signed and dated 'John Brack 71' lower right
  PROVENANCE: John Brack, Melbourne; Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (stock 2,858); Leon Velik, Melbourne; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 5,939); Mutual Permanent Building Society, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 22 March 1977; Statewide Building Society, Melbourne; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 7,643); Dr Gavin Cottrell, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 3 July 1980; Australian and European Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 24 November 1993, lot 197, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne; 19th & 20th Century Fine Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 20 August 2001, lot 40, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne; Fine Australian & International Art, Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 15 April 2003, lot 31, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne; Paintings, Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 31 July 2006, lot 348, illustrated Paul Leeds, Melbourne; Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture, Menzies, Sydney, 28 March 2019, lot 42, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  "John Brack", Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 7-28 April 1971, no. 8;"Recent Paintings by John Brack", Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1-17 September 1971, no. 5;"Autumn Exhibition 1977: Recent Acquisitions", Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 7-22 March 1977, no. 94, illustrated;"Spring Exhibition 1980", Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1-10 September 1980, no. 196, illustrated;"Spring Exhibition", Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 25 October - 16 November 1990, no. 38
• References:
  Alan McCulloch, 'Innocence and Eloquence - Brack's Voice of Silence', "The Herald", Melbourne, 1 September 1971, (illustrated); Sasha Grishin, "The Art of John Brack", Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, Vol. 2, cat. no. o187, 'Green Nude', pp. 26, 143 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$200,000 - 250,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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