Important Australian & International Art
AU0790 | 26 August 2014 | Sydney | 6.30 PM
Exceptionally strong results were achieved at Sotheby’s Australia’s August auction of Important Australian & International Art. The sale featured a number of rare and significant works, many of which were offered to the market for the first time in several decades. Comprising 95 lots of art by leading practitioners, the sale achieved $6.26 million including buyer’s premium, or 75% by volume and 114% by value, with new auction records achieved for 6 artists.
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Geoffrey Smith
Fiona Hayward
Dr David Hansen
Brett Ballard
© The Estate of Arthur Boyd. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1920-1999
Aboriginal Children and Windmill (1960)
$8,000-12,000 Lot Sold: $39,040 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Russell Drysdale.
1912-1981
Study for Bushfire (1944)
$7,000-10,000 Lot Sold: $15,860 (including buyer's premium)
1897-1958
Study in Fitzroy (1938)
$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $18,300 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Arthur Boyd. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1920-1999
The Expulsion (1952)
$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $32,940 (including buyer's premium)
© Leonard French. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
born 1928
Creation of Turtles (1981)
$3,000-5,000 Lot Sold: $17,080 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Robert Klippel. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1920-2001
No. 283B Trilogy (1973)
$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $31,720 (including buyer's premium)
© Wendy Whiteley
1939-1992
The Pier at Lavender Bay 1979-1980
$200,000-300,000 Lot Sold: $347,700 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Fred Williams. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1927-1982
You Yangs Landscape (1978)
$280,000-320,000 Lot Sold: $524,600 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of John Perceval. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1923-2000
Fisherman's Inlet, Tooradin 1967
$50,000-70,000 Lot Sold: $91,500 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Russell Drysdale.
1912-1981
The Barmaid, Broome 1965
$400,000-600,000 Lot Sold: $488,000 (including buyer's premium)
© Barbara Tucker. Courtesy of Barbara Tucker
1914-1999
Where To? 1957
$70,000-90,000 Lot Sold: $103,700 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Fred Williams. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1927-1982
Bush Pond (1976)
© The Estate of Rosalie Gascoigne. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1917-1999
The Gallery Man (1978)
$20,000-30,000 Lot Sold: $24,400 (including buyer's premium)
1880-1959
Seventh Portrait of Peggy Jean (pouting, bust with hands) (1920-1921)
$3,000-5,000 Lot Sold: $4,880 (including buyer's premium)
born 1951
Oushio Zokei Tensei Transfiguration (2005)
$10,000-15,000 Lot Sold: $15,250 (including buyer's premium)
© Colin Lanceley. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
born 1938
Bluebeard's Castle 1993
$6,000-9,000 Lot Sold: $14,030 (including buyer's premium)
1904-1984
Up in the Orchard II (1946)
$8,000-12,000 Lot Sold: $17,690 (including buyer's premium)
1858-1930
Monastery at Portofino 1920
$4,000-8,000 Lot Sold: $13,420 (including buyer's premium)
1858-1930
Belle Isle 1910
$7,000-10,000 Lot Sold: $12,810 (including buyer's premium)
1858-1930
Harbour Scene, Portofino 1921
$5,000-8,000 Lot Sold: $7,930 (including buyer's premium)
1858-1930
Flame Trees, Australia 1921
$5,000-8,000 Lot Sold: $6,100 (including buyer's premium)
© The Estate of Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
1875-1963
Black Jug with Kangaroo Paws 1956
$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $48,800 (including buyer's premium)
1891-1951
The Pink House (1928)
$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)