{"product_id":"whiteley-brett-girl-warming-and-rea-12900","title":"Brett Whiteley 'Girl Warming and Reading'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrett Whiteley had a unique understanding of the nude. His approach, likened by art historian Lou Klepac to a cellist, centred around impact. He struck a line, reverberating it into a curve that formed the boundary of the body, anchored by a muss of face or hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Girl Warming and Reading’, limited to the extremely small edition size of ten, exemplifies this intuition. It is striking — emanating light and life in a medium, linocut, typically not prone to such expressiveness. Under Whiteley’s hand however, his subject turns symphonic. In 1989, he reflected that “The nude has been predominant really… a very major part of my work. Even when I was painting abstractions, in a way I was painting the nude”. Indeed, it seems to precede his very approach to art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong Australia’s most celebrated artists, Whiteley won the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times. ‘Girl Warming and Reading’ is a sublime find for collectors of Whiteley and the nude. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/brett-whiteley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBrett WHITELEY\u003c\/a\u003e (1939 - 1992)\u003cbr\u003e'Girl Warming and Reading' 1981\u003cbr\u003eLinocut on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 30 x 30 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: Signed and editioned in margin\u003cbr\u003eComes with Letter of Provenance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExhibited:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e- Brett Whiteley: Recent Nudes, The Artists Studio, Circular Quay, Sydney, 3 - 31 October 1981, cat. 48.\u003cbr\u003e- Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 March - 24 April 1983 (label attached verso). \u003cbr\u003e- Brett Whiteley: Review of Prints, 1976-1983, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 13 November - 7 December 1983, cat. 10, titled Warming (another example). \u003cbr\u003e- Brett Whiteley Graphics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 1997, cat. 28 (label attached verso).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterature:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e- Sutherland, K, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonne, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003e- Chris Deutscher, Brett Whiteley: the graphics 1961-1992, ‘Part one: editioned prints (1-111)’, pg. 11-99, Melbourne, 1995, p. 47 (colour illus.). cat.no. 37.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssociated Works: An impression of this work is represented at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Accession No:212.2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(c) Wendy Whiteley \/ Copyright Agency\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art \u0026 Collectors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40150301835334,"sku":"","price":27500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/whiteley-brett-girl-warming-and-rea-12900.jpg?v=1774319139","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/whiteley-brett-girl-warming-and-rea-12900","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}