Lot 50
  • 50

Peter Upward

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 AUD
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Description

  • Peter Upward
  • UNTITLED
  • Signed and dated Upward 61 (lower centre)
  • Synthetic polymer paint on paper on composition board

  • 73 by 53cm

Provenance

Private collection, Sydney
Kozminsky Gallery, Melbourne
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; purchased from the above
Private collection, Brisbane
Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, 2 September 2003, lot 112
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; purchased from the above
Private collection, Melbourne; purchased from the above in 2005

Exhibited

Peter Upward: The Subject of Art, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 7 March – 1 April 2000 cat. 6 (label on reverse)
Abstraction 4, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 3 -21 May 2005, cat. 13
Frozen Gestures: The art of Peter Upward, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, 20 October - 2 December 2007, cat. 18

Literature

Elwyn Lynn, Contemporary Drawing, Melbourne: Longmans, 1963, p. 14 (illus.) (as Drawing)
Abstraction 4, Melbourne: Charles Nodrum Gallery, 2005, (illus.)

Condition

This work is framed in a white box frame. This work has a very thin paint surface with signed of fine blistering across the surface which most likely occurred at the time of painting. Some discoloration has occurred with age. There is a small dint above the signature.
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