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Brett Whiteley painting's $6m sale smashes Sidney Nolan auction record

Henri’s Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolan’s First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series

A major Brett Whiteley painting set a new Australian art record on Thursday evening, fetching $6.136m at auction.

Henri’s Armchair, from the artist’s famous Lavender Bay series, surpassed the previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolan’s First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series, which was bought by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2010.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3o2HNBr

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