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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  29
• Lot Description:
  Brett Whiteley
  (1939-1992)
  The Blue Bathroom 1963
  oil, tempera and collage on board; frame: original, maker unknown, London
  188 x 183 cm
  signed 'Whiteley' lower centre right; signed, dated and inscribed '"THE BLUE BATHROOM" / BRETT WHITELEY' verso (label)
• Provenance:
  Marlborough New Gallery, London (label verso); Private Collection, London, acquired from the above in 1981
• Exhibited:
  Brett Whiteley, Marlborough New Gallery, London, 23 April - 23 May 1964, no. 1, illustrated (cover)
• References:
  Charles Spencer, 'An Introduction to Abstract Art', [publication unknown], p. 98 (illustrated); Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957-1967, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, cat. no. KK8, p. 268; Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné[in press], Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2019, cat. no. 61.63 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$600,000 - 800,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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