Brett 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.

This appears profoundly in his 1981 linocut 'Light Globe'. Alive with contrast and bold mark-making, this sensual image appears to radiate light. 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.

Among 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.

Brett WHITELEY (1939 - 1992)
'Light Globe' 1981
linocut on paper
Edition of 10
Image Size: 30 x 30 cm
Dimensions: 88 x 78 x 4 cm
Signed: Numbered, signed and stamped with monogram below image 'AP, Brett Whiteley, BW'

Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Excellent:

(c) Wendy Whiteley / Copyright Agency