Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Drawing About Drawing, 1965
Print (other) · ed. 54/70
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Sunshower
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · 1983
A$195,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $142,968≈ £95,103≈ €134,723
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “gouache and collage on card housed in the artist’s original acrylic frame”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed on frame verso: Brett Whiteley stamped with studio stamp upper left
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 68.0 x 51.5 cm (sheet) 195.0 x 67.0 cm (frame)
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art (41-important-fine-art-aboriginal-art)
- Date
- December 2, 2015
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 51
- Estimate
- A$160,000 – A$200,000 (≈ $117,187 – $146,484) (≈ £77,953 – £97,442) (≈ €110,429 – €138,036)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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