This marathon research project could not have been accomplished without the contribution of a great many individuals and organisations sympathetic to its ambitious aims. It would be impossible to overstate my gratitude to everyone who patiently answered my persistent questions, helped me untangle the history of each work and assisted me to locate works that have scarcely been seen since first exhibited. This section is a continuation of the ‘Acknowledgements’ pages in my first book about Brett Whiteley, A Sensual Line, published in 2010, and of the Brett Whiteley Catalogue Raisonné: 1955–1992 which was published in seven volumes in 2020 by Schwartz City.
Once again, I would like to acknowledge everyone who has worked with me on those projects and through into the current one. I thank them for their great support over more than a decade. It has been an amazing team effort.
This catalogue, sub-titled, “Just about Everything”, has been created with the support of many individuals and organisations and I warmly thank them all.
First and foremost, thanks to Wendy Whiteley OAM, the Brett Whiteley Foundation, the Brett Whiteley Studio and the Art Gallery of New South Wales for their support of the project. My special thanks to Barry Pearce, who was my mentor at the Art Gallery of New South Wales when I first began this project in 2003. I especially want to thank my publisher Morry Schwartz for his enthusiasm and for the way he magnanimously embraced the publication of the catalogue in 2020.
For a complete list of Acknowledgements in the preparation of the Catalogue raisonné, please refer to Sutherland 2020, volume 7, pp. 1023–1025.
Acknowledgements Addendum 2025
An addendum to that list must now include many more caring and talented individuals who have come to my aid in the preparation of an online version of the catalogue. My thanks to the following for their support of the current project:
To curators and collection management staff of galleries and museums who have been so helpful in providing information about the Whiteley works in their collections. One of the delights of this project has been gathering and sharing information with them.
New South Wales: The Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales: Beatrice Gralton and Nick Yelverton; Newcastle Art Gallery: Mia Roman
Tasmania: Ashley Bird at Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Victoria: Anna Schwann at Castlemaine Art Museum
Europe: Carmen Mueller at Belvedere Museum, Vienna
Auction houses and commercial galleries have played a vital role in sourcing records of past sales. Everyone mentioned below has been incredibly generous with their time, many providing me with transparencies from past auctions and exhibitions. I owe each of them a huge debt of gratitude.
Auction houses: Alex Clark at Bonhams; Robert Davidson; Samantha Hughes at Davidson Auctions; Fiona Hayward and Henry Mulholland at Deutscher and Hackett; Wiebke Brix at Leonard Joel Auctions; Cameron Menzies and Catherine Baxendale at Menzies; Rohan Hawthorn at Shapiro Auctioneers and Gallery; Geoffrey Smith at Smith & Singer
Art advisors and Galleries: Tim Abdallah; Paul Auckett; Stuart and Caroline Purves at Australian Galleries; David Beck at Marlborough Gallery, London; Trevor Harvey at Harvey Galleries; David Cook; Robin Gibson at Robin Gibson Gallery; Annette Larkin of Annette Larkin Fine Art; Martin Browne at Martin Browne Fine Art; Philip Bacon AM and Lachlan Henderson at Philip Bacon Galleries; Richard Martin of Richard Martin Art; Justin Miller of Justin Miller Art; Ronan Sulich
To the artists, journalists, friends, family, colleagues and collectors of Brett Whiteley with deep appreciation for their invaluable support:
Elizabeth Fortesque; Kylie Norton; Colin McWilliam; Catherine Sutherland; James Sutherland; Ashleigh Wilson; Andrea Wrobel and my thanks to Alana Kushnir for her advice on legal matters.
Photographers:
Many photographers have been directly or indirectly involved in this project. Every effort has been made to trace the origins of images and in most cases I have been able to contact the photographers. However, the publishers would be pleased to hear from anyone who can provide further information.
In New South Wales: Luke Bennett; Geoffrey Boccalatte; Jenni Carter; Rémi Chauvin; David Christian; Patrick Cremin of Document Photography; Mal Damkar; Kelly Ann Denton; Kerry Dundas; Susie Ireland; David Itzkowic; Felicity Jenkins; Danny Kneebone; Robert Langlois; J. B. Lewinski; Warren Macris; Graham McCarter; Eamonn McLoughlin; Peter Morris; Diana Pannucio; Christopher Snee; Mim Stirling; Max Taylor; Louise Walker-Havekes on behalf of the Estate of Robert Walker; Greg Weight.
In Queensland: William Debois of Photocopia; John Linkins; Carl Warner.
In Victoria: Kelvin Aitken; Mark Ashkanasy; Graham Baring; Peter Bennetts; John Brash; Grahame Dingle; Andrew Fisher; Sally Merrie (estate of Rick Merrie); Adam Obradovic; Catherine Sutherland. In Western Australia: Acorn Photo, Perth; Paul Green.
In London: K G Photography.
Website Design
I would like to thank John Warwicker-Le Breton, designer par excellence of the seven-volume catalogue for his introduction to the creators of the online catalogue.
It has been an amazing and enjoyable experience working with Karen ann Donnachie and Andrea [Andy] Simionato, for Studio KA, who created this web platform. I cannot thank them enough for the enthusiasm and energy they have lavished on this project and through their expertise in art direction, design development and custom coding they have brought to fruition this online archive.