Important Australian + International Fine Art - 29 August 2018 | Sydney
pen, ink and wash on paper
56.5 x 51.5 cm
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Brett Whiteley
pen, ink and wash on paper
56.5 x 51.5 cm
signed and inscribed lower left: (Brett W. (money)) / + the most beautiful mountain / on the globe earth green / slithering wet / impenetrable / like truth!
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above in 1978
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Patricia Valsinger, Sydney
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
Contemporary Australian Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, then touring to Brisbane and Sydney, 1978, cat. 93 (illus.)
Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September – 19 November 1995, touring exhibition to Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, until 17 November 1996
Pearce, B., et al., Brett Whiteley, Art & Life, 1939 - 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, cat. 23, pp. 33 (illus.), 224