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Sotheby’s Australia: Sidney Nolan’s Carcase to go to auction

16 November 2017

The Courier Mail  |  Phil Brown

When The Courier-Mail sent Australian artist Sidney Nolan to the Queensland outback and Northern Territory to paint the great drought of 1952 it resulted in a fascinating series of drawings and paintings.
Nolan, revered for his Ned Kelly paintings, was asked by this newspaper to record the effects of severe drought and his work from that expedition is still disturbing and impressive.

Suspended Animation

16 November 2017

Sotheby’s Australia will offer Sidney Nolan’s poignant and reverent insight into drought affected Australia at the InterContinental Sydney on 21 November, as a highlight of the Important Australian Art sale. Carcase 1953 was inspired by Nolan’s harrowing experience of witnessing the drought first hand, and preserves the gruesome and cruel nature of drought on livestock, with the beast contorted and flattened with dehydration from the hot and dry drought conditions. Sotheby’s Australia will offer Sidney Nolan’s poignant and reverent insight into drought affected Australia at the InterContinental Sydney on 21 November, as a highlight of the Important Australian Art sale. Carcase 1953 was inspired by Nolan’s harrowing experience of witnessing the drought first hand, and preserves the gruesome and cruel nature of drought on livestock, with the beast contorted and flattened with dehydration from the hot and dry drought conditions. (262.23 KB)

Bidders eye $30 million torrent of art as year end looms

15 November 2017

Australian Financial Review  |  Peter Fish

More than $30 million worth of art is about to cascade onto the Australian auction market, marking the end of a year that should show the first significant turnover improvement since the collapse of the art boom almost a decade ago.

Iconic Portrait of Australian Art Patrons for Auction

15 November 2017

A significant oil painting of John and Sunday Reed, Australia’s greatest private art patrons of the twentieth century will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 21 November at the InterContinental Sydney. Albert Tucker’s John and Sunday Reed 1982 (estimate $100,000-150,000, lot 28, pictured) formed the cornerstone of Tucker’s series of portraits collectively titled Faces I have Met: Albert Tucker and appeared on both the cover of the exhibition catalogue and the subsequent publication. A significant oil painting of John and Sunday Reed, Australia’s greatest private art patrons of the twentieth century will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 21 November at the InterContinental Sydney. Albert Tucker’s John and Sunday Reed 1982 (estimate $100,000-150,000, lot 28, pictured) formed the cornerstone of Tucker’s series of portraits collectively titled Faces I have Met: Albert Tucker and appeared on both the cover of the exhibition catalogue and the subsequent publication. (139.67 KB)

Blackman’s Alice in Wonderland Poised to Astonish

8 November 2017

Charles Blackman’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 1956 (estimate $1,400,000-1,800,000, lot 26, pictured) is poised to generate significant interest and establish a new benchmark for the artist when offered for auction on 21 November by Sotheby’s Australia at the InterContinental Sydney. Sotheby’s Australia established the world auction record of $1,799,500 in 2016 for another painting from this series and holds the top three auction results for the artist. Charles Blackman’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 1956 (estimate $1,400,000-1,800,000, lot 26, pictured) is poised to generate significant interest and establish a new benchmark for the artist when offered for auction on 21 November by Sotheby’s Australia at the InterContinental Sydney. Sotheby’s Australia established the world auction record of $1,799,500 in 2016 for another painting from this series and holds the top three auction results for the artist. (378.75 KB)

Study for One of Australia’s Most Famous Portraits for Auction

6 November 2017

A significant oil portrait of Australian artist Margaret Olley will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 21 November at the InterContinental Sydney. William Dobell’s Study for Margaret Olley (1948) (estimate $180,000-220,000, lot 11, pictured) is the major preparatory work for the Archibald Prize winning Margaret Olley (1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). In 1948 recognition for Dobell’s artistic talents was lauded as the Australian artist won both the Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize after his tumultuous court battle in 1943 as a caricaturist after he won the 1943 Archibald Prize. A significant oil portrait of Australian artist Margaret Olley will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 21 November at the InterContinental Sydney. William Dobell’s Study for Margaret Olley (1948) (estimate $180,000-220,000, lot 11, pictured) is the major preparatory work for the Archibald Prize winning Margaret Olley (1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). In 1948 recognition for Dobell’s artistic talents was lauded as the Australian artist won both the Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize after his tumultuous court battle in 1943 as a caricaturist after he won the 1943 Archibald Prize. (282.64 KB)

Creepy Image of Evil will do a power of good

1 November 2017

The Australian  |  Matthew Westwood

Albert Tucker’s Images of Modern Evil paintings are among the creepiest pictures in Australian art, being his response to the physical and moral corruption brought about by World War II.

Art critic Robert Hughes regarded the paintings as formative moments in Australian modernism, and while they weren’t ­immediately popular, most of the 29 extant pictures are today in major public collections.

Icon of Twentieth Century Australian Art for Auction

1 November 2017

Albert Tucker’s Image of Modern Evil 29 1946, the most significant painting by Albert Tucker remaining in private ownership and the most important ever offered for public sale, will be auctioned on 21 November by Sotheby’s Australia. Forming a cornerstone of Tucker’s internationally renowned Images of Modern Evil series, which reflect the artist’s dark vision of a society experiencing trauma, upheaval and moral decay during World War II on the Australian home-front, virtually every major painting from this series is now held in public collections. From 1979 to 2015, Image of Modern Evil 29 was on long-term loan to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Consigned by the recently established Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation, all of the proceeds from the sale of the painting will benefit socially disadvantaged Australians. Albert Tucker’s Image of Modern Evil 29 1946, the most significant painting by Albert Tucker remaining in private ownership and the most important ever offered for public sale, will be auctioned on 21 November by Sotheby’s Australia. Forming a cornerstone of Tucker’s internationally renowned Images of Modern Evil series, which reflect the artist’s dark vision of a society experiencing trauma, upheaval and moral decay during World War II on the Australian home-front, virtually every major painting from this series is now held in public collections. From 1979 to 2015, Image of Modern Evil 29 was on long-term loan to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Consigned by the recently established Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation, all of the proceeds from the sale of the painting will benefit socially disadvantaged Australians. (134.44 KB)

1964 Melbourne Cup fetches $140,000

26 October 2017

MSN Australia

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The 1964 Melbourne Cup has fetched $140,300 at auction in Sydney.

The nine-carat gold trophy, won by New Zealand horse Polo Prince, has been held in a private Queensland collection since 1999.

1964 Melbourne Cup sold at auction

26 October 2017

Thoroughbred News

Sotheby’s Australia on Tuesday sold at auction the 1964 Melbourne Cup, which was won by New Zealand horse Polo Prince (NZ).

The sale price doubled its low estimate and sold to a room bidder for $140,300 (estimate $70,000-90,000).

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