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Brett Whiteley Catalogue Raisonne 1955 1992 [Limited Edition]Stock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe first comprehensive publication of Whiteley’s artistic oeuvre This monumental seven-volume collection chronicles a lifetime of work in exhaustive detail. Compiled by art historian Kathie Sutherland over seven years, the set of cloth-bound books is presented in a deluxe, elegantly finished slipcase and presents more than 4600 artworks, including hundreds of never-before-published works.
Weighing 25 kilograms and totalling 3000 pages, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné: 1955–1992 is an unprecedented publishing event that confirms Whiteley’s enduring significance as a visionary force of Australian art.
Volumes 1, 3 and 4 hold paintings and drawings from the 1950s to the 1990s; Volume 2 contains exquisite concertina fold-outs of the mammoth Alchemy and The American Dream; Volume 5 contains Whiteley’s prints; and Volume 6 compiles his ceramics and sculpture. A final book, Volume 7, holds essays, a cataloguing text, an exhibition history, an artist’s biography, a bibliography and an index of persistent themes that lend insightful form to the expanse of Whiteley’s rich and varied oeuvre. Author descriptionKathie Sutherland is an art advisor, a curator and an art historian. She has lectured extensively in England and Australia, and has held senior executive positions with both Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Sutherland’s Brett Whiteley: A Sensual Line 1957–67 was published by Macmillan in 2010. |