Title
Man contemplating
circa 1959
Artist
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Details
- Date
- circa 1959
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 90.5 x 59.5 cm sight; 110.1 x 79.0 x 3.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed verso, blue pen "WHITELEY BRETT". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6.1985
- Copyright
- © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Brett Whiteley
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995–19 Nov 1995
Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights (1996-1997), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 07 Jul 1996–13 Aug 1996
Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights (1996-1997), Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 23 Aug 1996–29 Sep 1996
Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights (1996-1997), Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 05 Oct 1996–10 Nov 1996
Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights (1996-1997), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 23 Nov 1996–19 Jan 1997
Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights (1996-1997), Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 31 Jan 1997–16 Mar 1997
Genesis of a Painter: The early abstractions of Brett Whiteley (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Aug 1998–31 Jan 1999
Iconic Whiteley (2009-2010), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 12 Sep 2009–22 Aug 2010
Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 09 Jul 2011–08 Jul 2012
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Bibliography
Referenced in 6 publications
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Barry Pearce, Genesis of a Painter: The early abstractions of Brett Whiteley, 'Genesis of a painter: The early abstractions of Brett Whiteley', pg. 2-3, Sydney, 1998, 4. cat.no. 4
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Barry Pearce., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'The creation of young Brett', Sydney, 26 Aug 1995, 13A (illus.). Barry Pearce looks at the early influences on the artist's life, as the Whiteley retrospective opens at the Art Gallery of NSW.
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Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Art & Life, 'Early Work', pg. 50-55, London, 1995, 53 (colour illus.), 226. plate no. 3
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Robert Raymond, 52 views of Rudy Komon, Sydney, 1999, 164.
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Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: A sensual lilne 1957-67, Victoria, 2010, 232.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Brett Whiteley - Aspects & Insights, Sydney, 1996.
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