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Western District Masterpiece Tipped to Establish New Record

26 April 2016

Held for 152 years in private collections, a painting by Nicholas Chevalier will be auctioned for the first time by Sotheby’s Australia at the InterContinental Sydney on Wednesday 11 May 2016. Mount Abrupt 1864 is one of Chevalier’s finest compositions that resulted from his expedition to the Grampians in western Victoria in early 1862. Estimated at $200,000-300,000 it is anticipated that Mount Abrupt could break the current artist auction record of $300,000 established in 2013 with Mount Abrupt and the Grampians 1863. Held for 152 years in private collections, a painting by Nicholas Chevalier will be auctioned for the first time by Sotheby’s Australia at the InterContinental Sydney on Wednesday 11 May 2016. Mount Abrupt 1864 is one of Chevalier’s finest compositions that resulted from his expedition to the Grampians in western Victoria in early 1862. Estimated at $200,000-300,000 it is anticipated that Mount Abrupt could break the current artist auction record of $300,000 established in 2013 with Mount Abrupt and the Grampians 1863. (114.47 KB)

Unknown Tom Roberts Portrait Discovered

19 April 2016

Sotheby’s Australia is delighted to announce the discovery of a hitherto unknown portrait by Tom Roberts. This recent find will be auctioned on 11 May 2016 by Sotheby’s Australia’s at the InterContinental Sydney. Annie Springthorpe and Enid Springthorpe (1891) by Tom Roberts (estimate $50,0000-70,000, pictured) was commissioned by Dr John Springthorpe, a significant patron of Roberts, and captures a tender moment between mother and daughter. Sotheby’s Australia is delighted to announce the discovery of a hitherto unknown portrait by Tom Roberts. This recent find will be auctioned on 11 May 2016 by Sotheby’s Australia’s at the InterContinental Sydney. Annie Springthorpe and Enid Springthorpe (1891) by Tom Roberts (estimate $50,0000-70,000, pictured) was commissioned by Dr John Springthorpe, a significant patron of Roberts, and captures a tender moment between mother and daughter. (156.58 KB)

SOTHEBY’S AUSTRALIA TO PRESENT Fred Williams’ Definitive Masterpiece Hillside Landscape No. 1 (1966)

18 April 2016

On 11 May, Sotheby’s Australia’s Evening Sale of Important Australian & International Art in Sydney will feature a painting that redefined the representation of the landscape in Australian art. Hillside Landscape No. 1 (1966) by Fred Williams (estimate $1,000,000-1,200,000, pictured) was first exhibited in December 1966 at Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, and has remained in private international ownership for half a century. Sotheby’s Australia has reproduced this masterpiece for the first time. On 11 May, Sotheby’s Australia’s Evening Sale of Important Australian & International Art in Sydney will feature a painting that redefined the representation of the landscape in Australian art. Hillside Landscape No. 1 (1966) by Fred Williams (estimate $1,000,000-1,200,000, pictured) was first exhibited in December 1966 at Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, and has remained in private international ownership for half a century. Sotheby’s Australia has reproduced this masterpiece for the first time. (132.21 KB)

SOTHEBY’S AUSTRALIA TO PRESENT John Brack’s ‘Antipodean’ Masterpiece Two Running Girls 1959

13 April 2016

On 11 May, Sotheby’s Australia’s evening sale of Important Australian & International Art in Sydney will feature a striking modernist painting of Two Running Girls 1959 by John Brack (estimate $1,000,0000-1,200,000, pictured). One of only ten examples included in the highly acclaimed Antipodean exhibition of 1959, the painting remains one of the artist’s most significant works from this period remaining in private ownership. On 11 May, Sotheby’s Australia’s evening sale of Important Australian & International Art in Sydney will feature a striking modernist painting of Two Running Girls 1959 by John Brack (estimate $1,000,0000-1,200,000, pictured). One of only ten examples included in the highly acclaimed Antipodean exhibition of 1959, the painting remains one of the artist’s most significant works from this period remaining in private ownership. (609.83 KB)

Dealer Denis Savill to close up shop

6 April 2016

ArtsHub  |  Gina Fairley

Sotheby’s Australia will auction the Private and Public Collection of Denis Savill with his retirement this year.

Art dealer Denis Savill bows out after 35 years

5 April 2016

Australian Financial Review  |  Peter Fish

Art dealer Denis Savill, doyen of the Sydney and Melbourne saleroom scene, is bowing out – with Sotheby's Australia handling a special sale of some of his 120 works by blue-chip artists such as Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Charles Blackman.

Sotheby’s Australia to Auction Denis Savill Collection

5 April 2016

BlouinArtInfo  |  Nicholas Forrest

Sotheby’s Australia has announced the sale of Australian Art from the private and gallery collection of influential art dealer Denis Savill, who recently announced that he will be retiring at the end of 2016 after 35 years at the helm of Savill Galleries.

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