Adagio 1967-69

John Brack (1920-1999)

Adagio 1967-69

oil on canvas
183.0 x 114.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Brack/ 69

Provenance:

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 10 August 1998, lot 145

Private collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 6 February 2007, lot 323

Private collection, Sydney

Menzies, Sydney, 25 March 2010, lot 50

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 22 March 2012, lot 43

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 31 October 2013, lot 47

Company collection, Melbourne 

Exhibited:

Brack/Williams, Albert Hall, Canberra, August 1967, cat.2

Eighth Anniversary Exhibition, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, November 1967

Survey '68, White Studio Exhibition Gallery, Adelaide, August 1968

John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, December 1987 - January 1988 

Reference:

Millar, R., John Brack, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp.90-93, (illus. pl.27)

Lindsay, R., John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, no.72, pp.123-124

Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol. I, p.106, vol. II, cat.156, (illus. pl.133) 

Estimate: $600000 - 800000

Result Hammer: $750000