Light Effect, Silhouette 2005
Oil on linen
137 x 396 cm
Signed and dated verso

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Nude at the Table 1970
Pencil on paper
71 x 38 cm
Inscribed lower right: John Brack 70

Provenance:
The artist;
Thence by descent to Mrs Helen Brack.

Exhibited:
John Brack: Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs. Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne, 10-30 August 2013, no. 11;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 16, illustrated.

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Mounting 1956
Drypoint
27 x 14 cm
Inscribed in margin 11 of 16 John Brack 56

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited:
John Brack: The Race Course Series, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 5-15 November 1956, no. 22;
John Brack: The Sport of Kings and Other Paintings, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 27 March – 8 April 1957, no. 24;
John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 10 December 1987 – 31 January 1988, no. 144;
Twentieth Century Australian Art: A Major Collectors’ Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 25 March – 30 April 2000, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 13 May – 11 June 2000, no.17, illustrated;
John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, 24 April – 9 August 2009, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2 October 2009 – 26 January 2010, illustrated;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 10, illustrated.

Literature:
Ronald Miller, John Brack, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p. 106;
Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, cat. Pr 8, (illustrated).

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Black Flag (Trembling) 2006
Watercolour on paper
107 x 114 cm
inscribed lower left: Black Flag / (Trembling) Self-referencing Machine / IIII IIII
Inscribed verso: Ex de Medici / 2006 Nov/Dec

Exhibited:
Collectable + Exceptional - The Director’s Choice 2007, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 17 February- 30 March 2007, no. 22, (illustrated)

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TAKEN (something crawled in) 2005
Watercolour on paper
107 x 104 cm
Inscribed lower left: TAKEN (something crawled in) / IIII IIII
Inscribed verso: eX de Medici / November 2005

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney.

Exhibited:
Who Cares?, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, 21 February – 24 March 2006, ‘Helmet’s Skull’.
The Director’s Choice 2010, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 6 May – 5 June 2010, no. 20, illustrated

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Helen Blaxland and Tonia 1941
Oil on wood panel
44.5 x 53.5 cm
Inscribed lower right: WILLIAM DOBELL

Provenance:
Commissioned by Gregory and Helen Blaxland, Sydney, in 1941;
Private collection, Sydney;
Mr and Mrs Rene Rivkin, Sydney;
Private collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited:
Annual Exhibition, Society of Artists, Education Department's Gallery, Sydney, 6-26 September 1941, no. 162;
Margaret Preston and William Dobell Loan Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 March - 16 April 1942, no. 10;
William Dobell, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 1-26 August 1944, no. 50, 'Mrs. Blaxland and Tonia, 1942';
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926-1964, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 July - 30 August 1964, no. 83, 'Mrs Blaxland and Toni';
100 Years of Great Australian Art, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 2-8 March 2004, Sydney 6 April - 9 May 2004, no. 13 (illustrated);
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May - 13 June 2015, no.5, illustrated;
Best in Show: Dogs in Australian Art, Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 9 April - 3 July 2016, no. 14

Literature:
Sydney Ure Smith, William Dobell, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1946, pp. 8, 122, (illustrated), 'Mrs Blaxland and Tonia';
James Gleeson, William Dobell, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, p. 193, cat. 98, 'Mrs Blaxland and Tonia';
Steven Miller, Dogs in Australian Art, Wakefield, South Australia, 2012, pp. 108-109 (illustrated), ‘Conversation Piece’.

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The Barracks 1944
Watercolour and ink
34 x 40 cm
Inscribed upper left: Donald Friend 44 / The Barracks

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney.

Exhibited:
Director’s Choice 2006, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 8 February – 12 March 2006, no. 4, illustrated.

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Portrait Head 2001
Etching ed: 33/46
59.5 x 46 cm
Inscribed in margin 33/46 L.F

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney in 2001.

Exhibited:
Lucian Freud: Etchings 1946-2004, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2 April – 13 June 2004, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 15 October – 23 December 2004, Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art, Birmingham, 29 January – 2 May 2005, Marlborough Graphics, London, summer 2005, no. 57, illustrated;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May - 13 June 2015, no.28, illustrated.

Literature:
S. Figura, Lucian Freud The Painter's Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007, pp. 92 (illustrated), 138, 142.

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Arno 2009
Steel armature, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, natural and cast chicken & fish bones, 24ct gold & ruby
48 x 53 x 35 cm

Provenance:
The Estate of Lillian Hoffman, Sydney.

Exhibited:
Linde Ivimey: Leave No Bone Unturned, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 2-26 May 2012, no. 17;
The Director’s Choice 2012, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 19 July - 31 August 2012, no 30, illustrated;
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture 2004-2012, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 3 November 2012 - 24 March 2013.

Literature:
Louise Martin-Chew, Linde Ivimey, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, p. 16 (illustrated), 22

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Untitled 2001
Ochre on linen
84 x 94 cm
Inscribed verso: Kitty Kantilla / Fire / Rain / 666-01

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne in 2001.

Exhibited:
Kitty Kantilla, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 29 November – 22 December 2001, no. 11;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 27, illustrated.

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Pierre Climbing 2008
Oil on linen
45 x 40 cm

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Skull II 1996
Synthetic polymer paint on paper
65 x 47 cm
Inscribed in margin: Skull 2 1996 #18 David Larwill

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Frenzy
Etching Ed: 1/25
20 x 15 cm
Signed, dated and titled in lower margin

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Depress Button 2006
Oil and resin on linen
48 x 33 cm
Inscribed verso: sam leach / depress button / 2006 / oil and resin on linen

Provenance:
Michael Carr Gallery Sydney, 2006;
Private Collection, Melbourne;
Corporate Collection, Melbourne

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Hare in Foyer 2006
Oil and resin on linen
48 x 39 cm
Inscribed verso: s.leach / hare in foyer 2006 / oil + resin on linen / mounted on board / sam leach

Provenance:
Michael Carr Gallery Sydney, 2006;
Private Collection, Melbourne;
Corporate Collection, Melbourne

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Leda and Swan 1960
Polyvinyl acetate on composition board
91.5 x 122 cm
Inscribed lower right: N
Inscribed verso: LEDA + SWAN 1960 / To NEWCASTLE 59 / FOLKSTONE

Provenance:
The artist;
Thence by descent to Lady Mary Nolan;
Corporate collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited:
Probably, Sidney Nolan: Leda and the Swan and other recent work, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 16 June – 16 July 1960, no. 27-29;
Nolan, Hatton Gallery, University of Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Temple Newsam House, Leeds; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; City Art Gallery, Bristol; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Scottish Royal Academy, Edinburgh; City Art Gallery, Wakefield, March-November 1961, no. 59;
Sidney Nolan: 1937 to 1979, Arts Centre, New Metropole, The Leas, Folkstone, United Kingdom, 5 May – 3 June 1979, no. 40, illustrated;
Possibly, Waddington Galleries, London (label attached verso)
Possibly, Agnew's Gallery, London (label attached verso)
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 13, illustrated.

Literature:
Nolan, University of Durham, United Kingdom, 1961, no. 59.

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Prometheus 1968
Crayon and fabric dye on paper
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Inscribed lower right: Иolan
Inscribed verso: Lowell Prometheus / 8 Feb 68 / Иolan

Provenance:
John Hull, London.

Exhibited:
Sidney Nolan: Landscape and Legends, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 7 March – 15 April 2001, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 2 May – 3 June 2001, no. 40, illustrated;
Sidney Nolan: Myth and Country, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 9 November – 4 December 2005, no. 30, illustrated.

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