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:

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, c1980

Private collection

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

Private collection, Melbourne

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

Company collection, Melbourne

Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 15 April 2003, lot 31

Company collection, Melbourne

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

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 28 March 2019, lot 42

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

John Brack: Drawings and Paintings of the Nude, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 7 - 28 April 1971, cat.8

Recent Paintings by John Brack, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1 - 17 September 1971, cat.5

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

Reference:

McCulloch, A., 'Innocence and Eloquence: Brack's Voice of Silence,' Herald, Melbourne, 1 September 1971 (illus.)

Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, vol.I, p.118; vol.II, p.26, cat.o187, (illus. p.143)

Estimate: $400000 - 600000