''Bondi Beach''—also known as ''Unfinished Beach Polyptych''—is a 1992 painting by Australian artist

Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley Order of Australia, AO (7 April 1939 – 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize, Archibald, Wynne Prize, ...

. The painting is a six-panel work depicting the eponymous

Bondi Beach Bondi Beach () is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Bondi Beach is located east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of ...

in Sydney. The work was unfinished at the time of his death in 1992. The work appeared in an exhibition at

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre Hazelhurst Arts Centre, also known as Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Hazelhurst Gallery and Hazelhurst, is an arts complex located on Kingsway in the suburb of Gymea, in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the first ...

in 2012: ''Brett Whiteley: On The Water'' The painting was purchased in a private sale from Whiteley's estate in 2015 by a private collector who hangs the work in his private residence. The purchaser did not disclose the price but claimed it was greater than any known price for an Australian painting at the time.

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Paintings by Brett Whiteley 1992 paintings Paintings in Australia Unfinished paintings Polyptychs {{20C-painting-stub