Green Nude 1971

John Brack (1920-1999)

Green Nude 1971

oil on canvas
116.5 x 89.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Brack 71

Provenance:

Christie's, Melbourne, 24 November 1993, lot 197

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 21 August 2001, lot 40

Private company collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney 15 April 2003, lot 31

Private company collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 31 July 2006, lot 348

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

John Brack: Drawings and Paintings of the Nude, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, April 1971, cat.8

Recent Paintings by John Brack, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, September 1971, cat.5

Spring Exhibition 1980, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, September 1980 (illus. cat.196)

Reference:

McCulloch, S., 'Innocence and Eloquence - John Brack's Voice of Silence' Herald, Melbourne, 1 September 1971

Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.26, cat.o187, (illus. p.143)

Related Works:

The Boucher Nude 1957, oil on canvas, 81.0 x 146.0 cm, Sold Deutscher + Hackett, Melbourne, 27 August 2008, lot 20,

$1,500,000 (including buyer's premium)

Nude with Persian Carpet 1972, oil on canvas, 115.0 x 146.5 cm, The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Perth

Estimate: $300000 - 380000

Result Hammer: $300000