Lot 50: Peter Upward , Australian 1932-1984 UNTITLED Synthetic polymer paint on paper on composition board

Signed and dated Upward 61 (lower centre) Synthetic polymer paint on paper on composition board

73 by 53cm

Peter Upward: The Subject of Art, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 7 March – 1 April 2000 cat. 6 (label on reverse)
Abstraction 4, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 3 -21 May 2005, cat. 13
Frozen Gestures: The art of Peter Upward, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, 20 October - 2 December 2007, cat. 18

Elwyn Lynn, Contemporary Drawing, Melbourne: Longmans, 1963, p. 14 (illus.) (as Drawing)
Abstraction 4, Melbourne: Charles Nodrum Gallery, 2005, (illus.)

Private collection, Sydney
Kozminsky Gallery, Melbourne
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; purchased from the above
Private collection, Brisbane
Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, 2 September 2003, lot 112
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; purchased from the above
Private collection, Melbourne; purchased from the above in 2005