A celebration of the nude is the most persistent theme in the Whiteley oeuvre and the one at its heart. Obsessed and possessed by the voluptuous curves of the female body, Whiteley captured its form in hundreds of superb drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics and sculpture creating a body of work that established his reputation as the pre-eminent Australian artist of the genre.'1 [1] Sutherland…

Provenance

Saville Galleries, Sydney; Deutscher and Hackett, Australian + International Fine Art and Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30 November 2016; Private collection, Sydney

Literature

Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonne, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol. 4, cat. 96.80, p. 26