BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Name: Light Globe; and Warming and Reading
Brand: BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)
Price: 2600.00 GBP
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Price Realised GBP 3,250

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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed: 8 Dec 2016

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Light Globe; and Warming and Reading

BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992)

Price Realised GBP 3,250

Closed: 8 Dec 2016

Price Realised GBP 3,250

Closed: 8 Dec 2016

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Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)
Light Globe; and Warming and Reading
the first signed, stamped with monogram and numbered '3/10 Brett Whiteley' in pencil in the margin, and stamped with monogram 'BW' in the margin; the second signed and inscribed 'A/P Brett Whiteley' in pencil in the margin, and stamped with monogram 'BW' in the margin
linocut, 1981
S. 22 x 21¾in. (55.9 x 55.4cm.); 24 x 22in. (60.9 x 55.9cm.)
(2)

Provenance:
Private collection, England.

Literature:
R. Mandy, Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961-1982, Perth, 1983, pp.52-53, cat.63 and 64 (another impression).
C. Deutscher, Brett Whiteley The Graphics 1961-1992, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 73 and 113, cat.66 and 67 (another impression).

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Lot Essay

In 1981 Whiteley moved to a studio in Reiby Place, Circular Key. In October that year he held an exhibition of sculptures, prints (including an impression of ), paintings and drawings at the studio on the subject of the nude, a recurring subject throughout his career and source of fascination and inspiration. Of the show, Barry Pearce stated 'The catalogue contained a credo by the artist which today's politically correct society may find objectionable, but it is fascinating to see how the images in the exhibition balanced on the boundary of the [works], however, challenged, the notion of sensuality with extreme distortion which hovered just this side of the grotesque … The dark side: it was an inescapable part of the equation of Whiteley's life to the end.' (B. Pearce, , Sydney, 1995, pp.37-38)