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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Part 1: Important Australian & International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Nov 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  12
• Lot Description:
  John Brack
  (1920 - 1999)
  Study For 'Standing Nude', 1970
  conte on paper
  68.5 x 49.5 cm
  signed and dated lower right: John Brack 70; titled on distressed paper label verso: [ST]UDY FOR STANDING / NUDE
• Provenance:
  Laurence Course, Melbourne, a gift from the artist; Thence by descent; Private collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  John Brack, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, April 1971 (label attached verso); John Brack, Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, July 1972; John Brack Drawings, 1945-79, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 9 June - 10 July 1981
• References:
  Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol. II, cat. p146, pp. 58 and 216 (illus.) RELATED WORKS: Standing Nude, 1970, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 96.5 cm, private collection, illus. in Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol. II, cat. o183, pp. 25 and 142
• Notes:
  In the winter of 1970 Brack made eight conte drawings of the nude from the model and the following summer, working from these drawings, executed a series of eight oil paintings. It was his normal working procedure to use the model for the drawings and then, without the model, take the drawings as his point of departure for the paintings. A comparison between the drawing, frequently preceded by a number of sketches, and the related painting indicates the considerable gulf separating the two. For example, in the conte Study for 'Standing nude', 1970, formal problems of the tradition of artistic convention have been posed and some aspects of the compositional arrangement have been suggested. In the oil painting, Standing nude, 1970, these suggestions are taken only as a starting point; the proportions, the compositional structure and the colour scheme, in short, the whole internal life of the painting is rethought, and worked out on the canvas itself.'1 1. Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol. I, p. 117
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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