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BRETT WHITELEY 1939-1992 Bather 2 (1975, cast later) bronze and marble, edition 5 of 9, plus artist's proofs signed and inscribed 'BW 5/9' on base 239 x 62 x 19 cm (including marble base); 216 x 62 x 19 cm (excluding marble base) PROVENANCE The Estate of Brett Whiteley, Sydney Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Thirty-Six Looks at Four Sights on Three Themes: Recent Paintings, Drawings and Carvings: Brett Whiteley, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 24 October – 15 November 1975, no. 33, illustrated (wood version) Recent Interiors, Still-Lifes, Windowscapes, Self-portraits, Sculpture and Ceramics: Brett Whiteley, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September – 5 October 1976, no. 25, (wood version) Brett Whiteley: Recent Nudes, Artist's Studio, Circular Quay, Sydney, 3-31 October 1981, no. 15, illustrated (wood version) Brett Whiteley Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 September – 19 November 1995; Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13 December 1995 – 28 January 1996; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 February – 8 April 1996; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 9 May – 16 June 1996; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 July – 26 August 1996; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 September – 17 November 1996, illustrated (wood version) A Different Vision: Brett Whiteley Sculptures, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 4 April – 23 August 1998, (another version) Brett Whiteley Nudes, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 11 December 1999 – 2 April 2000, (another version) Aspects from the Estate, Brett Whiteley Studio, 14 July 2002 – 23 February 2003, (another version) Whiteley Himself and Friends, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 6 December 2003 – 11 April 2004, (another version) Blue, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 9 July 2011 – 8 July 2012, (another version) Whiteley on Water, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, 15 November 2012 – 27 January 2013; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 2 November 2013 – 23 February 2014, (another version) Brett Whiteley: Sculpture and Ceramics, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, 5 June – 6 December 2015, (another version) Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 24 February – 7 March 2020, no. 2, illustrated (another version) LITERATURE Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1992, p. 211 (illustrated, wood version), 'Her' Barry Pearce with contributions from Bryan Robertson and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995, plate 68, p. 122 (illustrated, wood version), 230, 'Her' Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz City, Melbourne, 2020, cat. no. 33S, Vol. 6, p. 155 (illustrated, another example), Vol. 7, p. 886, 'Her' Geoffrey Smith, Brett Whiteley: The Line of Beauty, Smith & Singer, Sydney, 2020, pp. 8, 9 (illustrated, another version)