JOHN BRACK (1920-1999)
Backs and Fronts 1969
Estimate: $1400000 - 1800000
Description
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
Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2010, lot 34
Private collection, Melbourne
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., John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp.120, 221 (illus. p.79)
Related Works:
Sketch for 'Backs and Fronts' 1969, oil on canvas, 48.5 x 66.0 cm, Grishin cat.0174, (illus. p.137), private collection
Sketch for 'Backs and Fronts' 1969, conté, 42.5 x 64.0 cm, Grishin, cat.p137, (illus. p.215), private collection
Estimate: $1400000 - 1800000
Location
VIEWING MELBOURNE
7 – 10 MARCH, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 1 Darling Street, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141
VIEWING SYDNEY
14 – 20 MARCH, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 12 Todman Avenue, KENSINGTON NSW 2033