LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and PVA on board

Measurements:

72.44 in. (184.00 cm.) (height) by 50.00 in. (127.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Upward 62' lower right, inscribed 'PETER UPWARD / OCTOBER STILL' verso

Exhibited:

:~Peter Upward, Rowan Gallery, London, 1-23 November 1962, cat. no. 3~Peter Upward, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, October 1963~Peter Upward, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, 14 April - 2 May 1970, cat. no. 18~Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 10-24 June 1987, cat. no. 35~A Century of Collecting 1901>2001, curated by Nick Waterlow, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 29 March - 28 April 2001, no. 21~Frozen Gestures The Art of Peter Upward, curated by Christopher Dean, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Sydney, 20 October - 2 December 2007, cat. no. 19~~

Literature:

:~Daniel Thomas, 'Motion Pictures - The Week in Art', Daily Mirror, 1 September 1964, p.46~Elwyn Lynn, 'Over the edge', The Bulletin magazine, 1970 (illus.)~Modern Australian Paintings, exh. cat., Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1987, cat. no. 35, p.25 (illus.)~Anne Loxley, 'The Laverty Collection', Art and Australia, Spring 1996, vol. 34, no. 1, p.72 (illus.)~A Century of Collecting 1901>2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 2001, no. 21, p.13 (illus.)~Frozen Gestures The Art of Peter Upward, exh. cat., Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney, 2007, cat. no. 19, p.55, p.36 (illus.)~'Peter Upward:The frozen gesture', Art Monthly Australia, November 2007, #205, p.20 (illus.)~

Provenance:

:~Purchased from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne in June 1987~~