Important Australian Art
AU0783 | 26 November 2013 | Melbourne | 6:30 PM
An impressive selection of Important Australian Art from colonial to contemporary paintings, sculpture and works on paper will be offered for sale by Sotheby’s Australia on 26 November 2013 in Melbourne. Featuring 60 lots, the auction has a combined pre-sale estimate value of $3.3 to $4.4 million.
Sotheby’s Australia is particularly honoured to have been entrusted with the sale of seven works of art from The Estate of the late Dr Jan Altmann, including major works by Roy de Maistre as well as tapestries by John Perceval and Brett Whiteley.
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Geoffrey Smith
Fiona Hayward
Dr David Hansen
Brett Ballard
Harley Young
© The Estate of Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1875-1963
NATIVE FLOWERS AND GEEBUNGS 1938
Estimate $60,000 - $80,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of John Coburn. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1925-2006
CANTICLE OF THE SUN II 1974
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000 Lot Sold: $20,130 (including buyer's premium)
1864-1947
OFFRANDE AUX NYMPHES
OFFERING TO THE NYMPHS (1919-1921)
1801-1878
VIEW TO THE FORT, SYDNEY HARBOUR 1846
Estimate $17,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $20,740 (including buyer's premium)
1867-1943
SYDNEY HARBOUR 1895
Estimate $200,000 - $300,000 Lot Sold: $244,000 (including buyer's premium)
1786-1839
DISTANT VIEW OF THE LANDING PLACE AND THE IRON STORES AT PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VIEW AT YANKALILLA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VIEW IN PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VIEW NEAR ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: SOLD
© The Estate of Paddy Bedford (Nyunkuny)
circa 1922-2007
JOOWARRINGAYIN (1999)
Estimate † $30,000 - $40,000 Lot Sold: SOLD
born 1959
WHEN ASKED HOW HE ACQUIRED HIS FINE COLLECTION OF FRENCH EMPIRE CLOCKS, PAUL KEATING, THEN PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, DESCRIBED HIS METHOD THUS; 'MOST PEOPLE CATCH ANTIQUES WHEN THEY ARE TAME, IN FASHIONABLE SHOPS. I CATCH MY CLOCKS WHILE THEY ARE STILL WILD, IN OUT OF THE WAY PLACES.' 2005
Estimate $28,000 - $32,000 Lot Sold: $39,040 (including buyer's premium)
born 1951
AFTER THE RAIN 2010
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000 Lot Sold: $9,150 (including buyer's premium)
1877-1966
(BRETON WOMAN AND CHILD) 1908
Estimate $18,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $29,280 (including buyer's premium)
1810-1861
ABORIGINES FISHING BY TORCHLIGHT
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $30,500 (including buyer's premium)
© Andrew Browne
born 1960
UNTITLED 1994
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $9,760 (including buyer's premium)
1803-1853
INTERIOR STILL LIFE WITH PHEASANTS, SNIPE, HARE, FLOUNDER AND CRAYFISH (1840s)
Estimate † $10,000 - $15,000
1867-1943
CANTERBURY BELLS (PURPLE AND WHITE) (1928)
Estimate $28,000 - $38,000 Lot Sold: $31,720 (including buyer's premium)
1858-1930
DAWN (CIRCA 1914)
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $14,640 (including buyer's premium)