Pantomime 1988

John Brack (1920-1999)

Pantomime 1988

watercolour, pen and ink on paper
60.0 x 90.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Brack 1988

Provenance:

Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 2 March 2002, lot 45

Private collection, Perth

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 59

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

John Brack: Recent Work, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 14 October - 11 November 1989

Reference:

Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.II, p.74, cat.p304 (illus. p.249, as The Pantomime)

Gott, T., A Question of Balance: John Brack 1974-1994, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2000, pp.32, 46 (illus. p.32)

Rooney, R., 'Subtle Twists, Curious Quirks,' The Australian, 21 October 1989

Related Works:

Pantomime 1988-94, oil on canvas, 91.0 x 137.0 cm, private collection; sold Sotheby's, Important Australian & International Art from The John Symond AM Collection, Sydney, 20 November 2018, lot 6

Estimate: $80000 - 100000

Result Hammer: $82500