Brett Whiteley, Self Portrait After Three Bottles of Wine, 1971

Oil and ink on wood, 203.5 x 76 cm; not signed, dated 1.r in black ink '12/2/71'

Inscriptions: 1.r. in black ink '17/2/71'"Self portrait in exactly/the spirit in which/it was drawn"'.
Inscribed 1.r. with red Chinese calligraphy stamp in red ink and flower stamp 1.r. in red ink

Exhibited: Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 1972, Cat 31. Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1972, Cat 31. Bonython Gallery, Sydney, 1974, Cat 20. Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1985, Cat 50

Literature: McGrath 1979, pp.105 and 226 (illus) Krausmann 1975-76

Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased by the New South Wales State Government 1994, transferred to the Gallery 1998.