Important Australian & International Art

AU0790 | 26 August 2014 | Sydney | 6.30 PM

RUSSELL DRYSDALE 1912-1981, The Barmaid, Broom (1965). Sold for $488,000 August 2014

JEFFREY SMART 1921–2013, Radial Road (1972). Sold for $610,000 August 2014

BRETT WHITELEY 1939-1992, The Pier at Lavender Bay 1979-1980. Sold for $347,700 August 2014

FRED WILLIAMS 1927-1982, You Yangs Landscape (1978). Sold for $524,600 August 2014

JEFFREY SMART 1921-2013, The Red Warehouse (2003). Sold for $878,400

Sale Number: AU0790

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.

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art
Melbourne | Sydney
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900 or
+61 (0)2 9362 1000
E: Geoffrey Smith

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: Fiona Hayward

Dr David Hansen

Senior Researcher | Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: Dr David Hansen

Brett Ballard

Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
T: +61 (0)2 9362 1000
E: Brett Ballard

BUY CATALOGUE

Auction Results & Details

Sale Total: $6,261,040 including buyer's premium

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Important Australian & International Art - AU0790

26 DORRIT BLACK
1891-1951

A Dorset Farmyard (1944)

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $54,900 (including buyer's premium)

27 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

San Cataldo II 1964

$220,000-280,000 Lot Sold: $268,400 (including buyer's premium)

28 MARGARET OLLEY
1923-2011

Sweet Williams and Apples (1990)

$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $48,800 (including buyer's premium)

©The Estate of John Coburn. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia

29 JOHN COBURN
1925-2006
VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP
Established 1976 (manufacturer)

Autumn (1984)

$18,000-28,000 Lot Sold: $34,160 (including buyer's premium)

30 SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992
TAPECARIAS DE PORTALEGRE
Established 1948 (manufacturer)

Ned Kelly (Death of Constable Scanlon) (1973)

$80,000-100,000 Lot Sold: $158,600 (including buyer's premium)

31 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

Radial Road (1972)

$500,000-700,000 Lot Sold: $610,000 (including buyer's premium)

32 ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

She-oaks, Wimmera (circa 1975)

$60,000-80,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)

33 FRED WILLIAMS
1927-1982

Forked Tree, Kew Billabong (1975)

$300,000-400,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

34 ROBERT DICKERSON
born 1924

The Tourists (2007)

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $36,600 (including buyer's premium)

35 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

The Red Warehouse (2003)

$400,000-600,000 Lot Sold: $878,400 (including buyer's premium)

36 CHARLES BLACKMAN
born 1928

Barbara and Auguste (1957)

$80,000-120,000

37 SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992

Burke and Wills Expedition 1962

$280,000-320,000

38 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

Dampier II (1966-1967)

$250,000-350,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

39 JOHN BRACK
1920-1999

Reclining Nude 1981

$35,000-45,000 Lot Sold: $42,700 (including buyer's premium)

40 ROBERT DICKERSON
born 1924

Children in Darlinghurst (1962)

$40,000-50,000

41 ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Pond near Flinders, Boneo Road (1957)

$80,000-100,000 Lot Sold: $119,560 (including buyer's premium)

42 YACKADUNA (TOMMY MCRAE)
circa 1835-1901

(Spearing Fish and Black Swans) (circa 1890)

$28,000-35,000

43 BEATRIX COLQUHOUN
1862-1959

(Aboriginal Mother and Child in Landscape) (circa 1880s)

$8,000-12,000 Lot Sold: $43,920 (including buyer's premium)

44 F.C. TERRY
1827-1869

Sydney Harbour from Watson's Bay 1854

$12,000-18,000 Lot Sold: $30,500 (including buyer's premium)

45 TOM ROBERTS
1856-1931

Earliest Spring in Cornwall 1919

$45,000-55,000

46 ARTHUR STREETON
1867-1943

Mountain Mist (1925)

$50,000-70,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)

47 SYDNEY LONG
1871-1955

Landscape

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

48 ELIOTH GRUNER
1882-1939

The Evening Bathe (1917)

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $48,800 (including buyer's premium)

49 NORMAN LINDSAY
1879-1969

Spoils of Peace 1949

$50,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $71,980 (including buyer's premium)

50 MARGARET OLLEY
1923-2011

Hydrangeas (1970)

$25,000-35,000 Lot Sold: $51,240 (including buyer's premium)

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