Backs and Fronts 1969

JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)

Backs and Fronts 1969

oil on canvas
115.5 x 163.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: John Brack 69

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne 1996
Christie's, Melbourne, 25 November 1997, lot 101
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, 10 March 2004, Sydney, lot 30
Company collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 34
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
John Brack, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 8 - 25 April 1970, cat.3
John Brack, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 5 - 17 October 1970, cat.3
Great Australian Paintings from Melbourne Private Collections, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 30 May - 15 June 1997, cat.31 (illus.)
John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 April - 9 August 2009; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2 October 2009 - 31 January 2010

Reference:
Millar, R., John Brack, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, pp. 94, 109
Lindsay, R., John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987, p.124
Grishin, S., The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, 2 vols.: I, pp.107 & 114 (illus. pl.32); II, p.23, cat.0163
Grant, K. (curator), John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp.120,221 (illus. p.79)
Strickland, K., 'Smart's 'Holiday' sells for record', The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 25 June 2010, p.32

Related Works:
Sketch for 'Backs and Fronts' 1969, oil on canvas, 48.3 x 65.9 cm, Grishin cat.0174, (illus. p.137), private collection
Sketch for 'Backs and Fronts' 1969, conte, 42.5 x 64.0 cm, Grishin, cat.p137, (illus. p.215), private collection

Estimate: $1600000 - 2200000

Result Hammer: $1800000