WHITELEY, BRETT (1939-1992)

"My Relationship Between Screen Printing, and Regent's Park Zoo Between 
June and August 1965" (1965)
rare original limited edition three-coloured screenprint, 
ed. of 70
98 x 68cm (image)
unsigned (none were signed)
*Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London & Kelpra Studio Ltd. London
*Brett Whiteley; The Graphics 1961-1992, p15, No.4  (Deutscher Fine Art, 1995)
*Contemporary Australian Printmaking, p.141, Figure 45 (Sasha Grishin, 1994)
 
Whiteley AO is Australia's most famous and internationally renowned artist. He was a painter, printmaker & mixed media artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes. He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. He tragically died prematurely of a drug overdose at the height of his popularity. His final studio in Surry Hills was converted into a gallery by the Art Gallery Of NSW and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship named in his honour. He is the highest valued and sought after Australian artist, and currently holds the record for the second, third and forth most expensive Australian paintings ever sold!! 
 
This impressive, original, limited edition screenprint is RARE. Published by Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London and printed by Kelpra Studio Ltd. London, only 70 of these official, authentic screenprints were produced. It is also represented in the Art Gallery Of NSW Collection, the Brett Whiteley Studio, and the National Gallery of Canberra.