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.
Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International Art |
Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
Dr David HansenSenior Researcher | Specialist Australian & International Art |
Brett BallardSpecialist Australian & International Art |
born 1947
The Arthur Merric Boyd Coffee Set (2003)
$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $34,160 (including buyer's premium)born 1947
Native Seed Pods (2012)
1939-1992
Interior with Still-Life and Nude and Chair 1985
Estimate $35,000 - $45,000 Lot Sold: $51,240 (including buyer's premium)born 1924
The Bottle (1954)
$80,000-100,000 Lot Sold: $183,000 (including buyer's premium)born 1948
The Unfinished Span 2005-2006
$60,000-80,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)born 1948
Evening in the Inner Suburbs 1990
$35,000-45,000 Lot Sold: $42,700 (including buyer's premium)circa 1926-1990
Young Man's Travelling Ceremony (1972)
$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: SOLD1959-2006
Plait (2005)
$60,000-80,000 Lot Sold: $85,400 (including buyer's premium)born 1972
From Her Nest in the Holm-Oak Tree the Nightingale Heard Him 2011
Estimate $120,000 - $160,000born 1956
Beach Life (Swimming and Magazine) 2006
$4,000-6,000 Lot Sold: $9,760 (including buyer's premium)1939-1992
Untitled 1961
$45,000-65,000 Lot Sold: $54,900 (including buyer's premium)1935-2005
(Untitled) 1968
$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $20,740 (including buyer's premium)1920-1999
Sunset, Shoalhaven Riverbank (1988)
$65,000-75,000 Lot Sold: $79,300 (including buyer's premium)1917-1992
Black-boys 1945
$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $61,000 (including buyer's premium)1923-2011
Mandarins (1975)
$50,000-70,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)1902-1993
Weatherboard Cottage Near Sandy Flat, N.S.W. 1970
$4,000-6,000 Lot Sold: $5,490 (including buyer's premium)