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Title
The night café
1971-1972
Details
Date
1971-1972
Materials used
oil on board
Dimensions
122.7 x 144.5 cm board; 131.3 x 154.3 x 8.3 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, red oil "brett whiteley".
Signed and dated verso, felt-tipped pen "brett whiteley .../ 1971-72/ ...".
Credit
Purchased by the New South Wales State Government 1994, transferred to the Gallery 1998
Location
Not on display
Accession number
357.1998
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Brett Whiteley
The night café
Shown in 12 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Brett Whiteley: Another way of looking at Vincent van Gogh (1983), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jul 1983–21 Aug 1983
Brett Whiteley: van Gogh self portraits, Greenhill Galleries, 27 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1987
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 16 Sep 1995–19 Nov 1995
- Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin 13 Dec 1995–28 Jan 1996
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 22 Feb 1996–08 Apr 1996
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 09 May 1996–16 Jun 1996
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 02 Jul 1996–26 Aug 1996
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 18 Sep 1996–17 Nov 1996
Self Portraits and Other Intimacies, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 16 Sep 1995–19 Nov 1995
Brett Whiteley: Key works from the Studio, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 24 Jul 2004–03 Oct 2004
After Van Gogh: Australian artists in homage to Vincent, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 06 Sep 2005–30 Oct 2005
The Poetic Eye, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 13 Dec 2007–19 Jul 2008
Whiteley and the third dimension, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 19 Jul 2008–15 Mar 2009
Endlessnessism (2010-2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 28 Aug 2010–03 Jul 2011
Alchemy-Pop, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 31 Oct 2014–31 May 2015
Tributes, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 13 May 2016–13 Nov 2016
Brett Whiteley: Another way of looking... Vincent., The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 18 May 2018–13 Oct 2019
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Richard Griffin, Brett Whiteley: Another way of looking at Vincent van Gogh, Melbourne, 1983, (colour illus.). not paginated
Janet Hawley, Good Weekend Magazine, 'Still life', pg. 18-24, Sydney, 02 Jul 1994, 22.
Rodney James (Curator), After Van Gogh: Australian artists in homage to Vincent, Mornington, 2005, 31 (colour illus.), 43. cat.no. 56
Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Art & Life, 'Self-portrait & other intimicies', pg. 164-195, London, 1995, 178 (colour illus.), 233. plate no. 120