Hillside II 1968

FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982)

Hillside II 1968

oil on canvas
122.5 x 122.5 cm
signed lower right: Fred Williams

Provenance:
Estate of the Artist, Melbourne
Mr & Mrs Grant Jagelman, Sydney
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 24 September 2008, lot 33
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 40
Corporate collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 27 June 2013, lot 39
Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Heroic Landscape: Arthur Streeton - Fred Williams, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 October - 22 November 1970
Fred Williams Retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 31 October 1987 - 31 January 1988; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 February - 3 April 1988; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 April - 22 May 1988

Reference:
Mollison, J., A Singular Vision: The Art of Fred Williams, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989, p.96 (illus.)
McCaughey, P., Fred Williams 1927-1982, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2008, p.182, pl.93 (illus. p.183)

Related Works:
Hillside 1964, oil and tempera on composition board, 90.5 x 120.5 cm, Sotheby's, Sydney, 7 May 2007, lot 29
Hillside I 1965, oil on canvas, 134.0 x 158.0 cm, illus. in McCaughey, P., Fred Williams 1927-1982, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2008, p.183, pl.92

Estimate: $900000 - 1100000

Result Hammer: $900,000