Peter Booth (born 1940) Spider and Head, 1994 image 1

Lot 73

Peter Booth
(born 1940)
Spider and Head, 1994

The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art

24 March 2013, 14:00 AEDT

Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art

Sold for AU$10,370 inc. premium

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Peter Booth (born 1940)

Spider and Head, 1994
pastel and watercolour on paper
66 x 104cm (26 x 40 15/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Purchased from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne in August 1994

EXHIBITED:
Peter Booth - Paintings & Works on Paper 1992-1994, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 15 July - 6 August 1994, cat. no. 7
Peter Booth - Human/Nature, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 29 November 2003 - 29 February 2004, cat. no. 208 (label attached verso)

LITERATURE:
Christopher Heathcote, 'Mankind, morality and what it's all about', The Age, 20 July 1994
Jason Smith, Peter Booth – Human/Nature, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003, p.151, cat. no. 208

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