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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  27 Aug 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  10
• Lot Description:
  Brett Whiteley
  (1939 – 1992)
  Orange Fruit Dove, Fiji, 1969
  oil and mixed media on composition board
  136.5 x 122.0 cm
  signed and inscribed verso: A938 / Brett Whiteley Fiji / 'Orange fruit dove'
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Adelaide; Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Brigadier R.W.P. Dodd, MC (CMF), Queensland, acquired from the above in 1977; Thence by descent; Estate of Molly Dodd, Queensland
• Exhibited:
  Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, June – July 1970; Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 16 September – 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 – 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February – 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May – 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July – 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1
• References:
  Pearce, B., Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Thames and Hudson in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, p. 235, pl. 144 (illus.) ; Philip Bacon Galleries: 40 Years 40 Paintings, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2014, p. 31 (illus.)
• Estimate:
  A$650,000 - 850,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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