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Brett Whiteley(1939-1992)Northern Hopping Mouse, 1992
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Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)
signed, dated and stamped with artist monogram lower right: 'Brett Whiteley 92'
inscribed lower left: '. 'Northern Hopping mouse / Size: up to 112 mm. to 40 grms. / Habitat: Sandy coastal areas with porcupine grass / Status: small member of isolated population of unknown mouse. / Threats: possibly habitat destruction or degradation and introduced predators'
charcoal on paper
98.0 x 63.5cm (38 9/16 x 25in).
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PROVENANCE
Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
Private collection, acquired from the above in 1992
Christie's, Melbourne, 24 November 1999, lot 15
Gould Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2000
EXHIBITED
An Endangered Species, Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, July 1992
Brett Whiteley, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 3 August – 3 September 2000, cat. 30
LITERATURE
Kathie Sutherland, Brett Whiteley: Catalogue Raisonné, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, cat. 19.92, vol. 4, p. 524 (illus.), vol. 7, p. 782
























