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Missing Brett Whiteley painting Waves V found during Launceston art gallery audit
An ink drawing by a famed Australian artist has been re-discovered after almost 45 years, lost in a collection of over 1.5 million items in a northern Tasmanian museum.
Key points:
- The artwork has been missing for almost half a century
- The work, Waves V, is estimated to be worth around $30,000
- Another painting by Whiteley broke an Australian art action record last year
Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) found the Brett Whiteley artwork that was acquired in the 1970s.
The drawing called Waves V was purchased by the gallery in 1976 and was recorded in the museum’s collections.
But the item was never seen again and has never been displayed, prompting the museum to contact Tasmania Police in 2018.
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