Initialed 'BW' lower right
Illustrated: Brett Whiteley: Paris Regarde de Côté, Australian Galleries, 1990, Plate 41
Provenance: Australian Galleries
Private collection Melbourne since 1992

The Luxembourg Gardens (glimpse) is part of a series of works on paper which Whiteley produced in Paris between June and July of 1989.
Whiteley had rented an apartment on the Rue de Tournon and produced one work a day for 60 days. These are 'regarde de cote' (sidelong glances), which Whiteley saw as the answer to creating images of the city which were not cliché. 'Millions of pictures have been painted – how to find a new vision is the challenge. What one is after is a high-octane visual poetic journalism, brief, essential and above all, fresh. This can best be achieved by drawing, and not the heavy métier of oil paint.'

Offered for the first time since it was acquired from the Paris Regarde de Coté exhibition, this is a superb example of Whiteley's masterful draughtsmanship.

Reference: Brett Whiteley's introduction to: Brett Whiteley: Paris Regarde De Côté, Australian Galleries, 1990.