Henri’s Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolan’s First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series
A major Brett Whiteley painting set a new Australian art record on Thursday evening, fetching $6.136m at auction.
Henri’s Armchair, from the artist’s famous Lavender Bay series, surpassed the previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolan’s First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series, which was bought by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2010.