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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Autumn Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  18 Jun 2012 ~ 6pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 186)
  19 Jun 2012 ~ 6pm (Part 2 - Lots 187 - 287)
• Lot #:
  199
• Lot Description:
  Brett Whiteley
  (1939-1992)
  The Nor-Easterly at Wategoes Beach, 1989
  Pencil, ink, wash and collage on paper
  Signed and dated 21/11/89 lower right, inscribed: 'The way the nor-easterly / slowly chews the rocks / into sand, while people are / talking on the telephone' lower right, with artist studio stamp lower right and artist chop upper left, gallery label to
  145 x 113cm
• Provenance:
  Australian Galleries; Bill Luke collection; Private collection Sydney; Private collection Melbourne; Sotheby's Australia, Australian and International Fine Art, Sydney, 31/08/2010, lot 28
• Notes:
  Drawing is the art of being able to leave an accurate record of the experience of what one isn't, of what one doesn't know. If one of the purposes of life is to know one self, then a great deal of time is spent investigating things one already knows. So a great drawing is either confirming beautifully what is commonplace, or probing authoritatively the unknown.'"Brett Whiteley, Tangiers notebook 1 Brett Whiteley spent his life investigating. In particular he constantly worked on his drawing skills. The elegance of his mark making is summed up in the line of the telegraph wires leading the viewer naturally into the dense detail of the hillside. Once there the dripping paint from the hilltop lighthouse draws you back into the main body of the work again. The delicate dark detail of the land is offset by his spare, gentle and sensuous rendition of the sea. A glorious narrative is created by the winding road and mountain curving alongside the pale seascape. His innate confidence as an artist shows in these later works where his consummate ability as a draughtsman combines masterfully with his vision of the world. 1 McGrath, Sandra, Brett Whiteley, Bay Books Sydney, 1979, pg 216."
• Estimate:
  A$120,000 - 180,000
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Art

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