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

Menzies, Sydney, 10 December 2015, lot 41

Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

John Brack, Fred Williams: Exhibition, Albert Hall, Canberra, 1 - 13 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, 10 December 1987 - 31 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, pp.123-124, no.72

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

Related Works:

Study for Adagio, conté on paper, 62.0 x 39.0 cm, private collection

Adagio, lithograph, 38.0 x 23.5 cm (irreg.), edition of 200

Estimate: $650000 - 850000

Result Hammer: $550000