Important Australian + International Fine Art - 29 August 2012 | Melbourne
Lot 117
Clifton Pugh
(1924 - 1990)
THE SHRIEK OF A COCKATOO, 1971
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
91.5 x 122.0 cm
Estimate:
$7,000 - 9,000
Lot sold: $6,000 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Clifton Pugh
(1924 - 1990)
THE SHRIEK OF A COCKATOO, 1971
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
91.5 x 122.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: Clifton / ‘71 / MAR.
inscribed verso: “THE SHRIEK OF / A COCKATOO” / CLIFTON PUGH
Provenance
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 1987 (label attached verso)
Exhibited
The Song of the Lamb: The Wesfarmers Collectionof Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 19 August – 2 October 1989
Literature
Gooding, J., Topliss, H., Sharkey, C.,and Horridge, N., The Song of the Lamb: The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1989, p. 108 (illus.)