Photo © Menzies — view this lot on Menzies ↗Spring at Oberon 1979, 1979
Screenprint · ed. 13/40
Menzies · Aug 27, 2026A$22,091 ≈ $15,883 ≈ £11,694 ≈ €13,640Sign up free to see price
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The Split Second Summer Began
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · 1979
A$99,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $96,704≈ £60,897≈ €71,734
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache and collage on paper on composition board”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and stamped with studio stamp lower right: brett whiteley 79 B/W inscribed lower left: the split second summer began Oct/22/79
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 101.5 x 76.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (18-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- November 17, 2010
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- A$55,000 – A$75,000 (≈ $53,725 – $73,261) (≈ £33,832 – £46,134) (≈ €39,852 – €54,344)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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