Smith & Singer

Important Australian Art

AU0854 | 12 April 2022 | Sydney | 6.30PM

JEFFREY SMART 1921-2013 Dampier II (1966–1967)
oil on canvas, 68.5 x 89 cm
Estimate $350,000–450,000
Sold $711,818
© The Estate of Jeffrey Smart
BRETT WHITELEY 1939-1992 An Orange Flower 1969–1970
oil and mixed media on composition board, 58 x 44.6 cm
Estimate $150,000–250,000
Sold $429,545
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2022
SIDNEY NOLAN 1917–1992 Kelly and Horse 1955
oil and enamel paint on composition board, 51.4 x 76.2 cm
Estimate $350,000–450,000
Sold $429,545
© The Sidney Nolan Trust. All rights reserved, DACS/Copyright Agency, 2022
EMILY KNGWARREYE 1908-1996 Desert Tracks 1992
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 122.5 x 304 cm
Estimate $150,000–250,000
Sold $282,273
© Emily Kngwarreye/Copyright Agency, 2022
JOHN BRACK 1920-1999 Nude with Frame 1980
oil on canvas, 122.5 x 102 cm
Estimate $350,000–450,000
Sold $429,545
© Helen Brack
JOHN OLSEN born 1928 The Tuscan Kitchen 2002
oil on canvas, 148 x 162.5 cm
Estimate $120,000–160,000
Sold $355,909
© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2022
CHARLES BLACKMAN 1928-2018 Mother and Child No. 2 1962
oil on composition board, 122 x 92 cm
Estimate $150,000–180,000
Sold $184,091
© Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2022
TOM ROBERTS 1856-1931 A Water Carrier, Granada 1883
oil on wood panel, 16 x 21 cm
Estimate $120,000–160,000
Sold $245,455
ARTHUR STREETON 1867-1943 Impression for Golden Summer 1888–1889
oil on cardboard, 18 x 30 cm
Estimate $250,000–350,000
Sold $552,273
Sale Number: AU0854

Important Australian Art

This sale presents a collection of extraordinary moments in Australian art history.  Surveying major stylistic developments, this auction offers rare and prestigious examples of Naturalism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Modernism, and Abstraction, along with ground-breaking paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the most influential artistic innovators of historical, modern and contemporary Australian Art.

AUCTION IN SYDNEY
12 APRIL 2022 l 6.30 PM
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA, 
111 QUEEN STREET, WOOLLAHRA

 
CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Geoffrey Smith

Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Gary Singer
       

Emily Walker

Emily Walker

Administrator, Art

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
E: Emily Walker

David Mackay

Gallery Manager

Sydney 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: David Mackay

Auction Results & Details

Sale Total: Total Sale Figure $7,300,923 (including buyer’s premium)

EXHIBITION TIMES +

MELBOURNE

14-16 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE

WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH -

SUNDAY 3 APRIL

10AM - 5PM

SYDNEY

30 QUEEN STREET, WOOLLAHRA

THURSDAY 7 APRIL -

TUESDAY 12 APRIL

10AM - 5PM








Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2022
51 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Hyena 1978

Estimate $45,000 - $65,000 Lot Sold: $98,182 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
52 GODFREY MILLER
1893-1964

Nude and the Moon (1959-1964)

Estimate $45,000 - $65,000
Important Australian Art - AU0854
53 CLIFTON PUGH
1924-1990

Frank Dalby Davison (1961)

Estimate $30,000 - $40,000
Important Australian Art - AU0854
54 CLIFTON PUGH
1924-1990

Judith 1971

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000
Important Australian Art - AU0854
55 HERBERT BADHAM
1899-1961

Still Life 1954

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Lot Sold: $24,545 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
56 ELAINE HAXTON
1909-1999

Still Life, Zinnias (1949)

Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 Lot Sold: $12,273 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
57 ELAINE HAXTON
1909-1999

The Pea Picker's Family (1944)

Estimate $30,000 - $40,000 Lot Sold: $51,545 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
58 ETHEL CARRICK
1872-1952

The Market Place

Estimate $120,000 - $180,000 Lot Sold: $147,273 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
59 VIDA LAHEY
1882-1968

Silence (1945)

Estimate $25,000 - $35,000 Lot Sold: $31,909 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
60 VIDA LAHEY
1882-1968

A Flower Study (circa 1924)

Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 Lot Sold: $27,000 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
61 VIDA LAHEY
1882-1928

Morning at Seven (1907)

Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $10,432 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © H., C. and A. Glad
62 NORMAN LINDSAY
1879-1969

(Encounter)

Estimate $50,000 - $70,000 Lot Sold: $61,364 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
63 ELIOTH GRUNER
1882-1939

Spring at Bathurst 1926

SOLD
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Hans Heysen/Copyright Agency, 2022
64 HANS HEYSEN
1877-1968

'Uplands', Ambleside 1922

Estimate $18,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $23,318 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Hans Heysen/Copyright Agency, 2022
65 HANS HEYSEN
1877-1968

Murray Gums and Cliffs

Estimate $18,000 - $25,000
Important Australian Art - AU0854
66 JOHN LONGSTAFF
1862-1941

Twilight (circa 1895)

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $55,227 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
67 CHARLES CONDER
1868-1909

Moonlight (1889)

Estimate $80,000 - $120,000 Lot Sold: $190,227 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
68 RICHARD NOBLE
1806-1882

Portrait of William C. Donovan 1857

Estimate $30,000 - $50,000 Lot Sold: $36,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854
69 MAX DUPAIN
1911-1992

Sunbaker (1937, printed later)

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Lot Sold: $61,364 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © The Estate of Jeffrey Smart
70 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

Bus Stop (1955)

Estimate $45,000 - $65,000 Lot Sold: $105,545 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Ray Crooke/Copyright Agency, 2022
71 RAY CROOKE
1922-2015

Towards the Reef

Estimate $15,000 - $20,000 Lot Sold: $29,455 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Robert Dickerson/Copyright Agency, 2022
72 ROBERT DICKERSON
1924-2015

Farmer at Verrierdale, Eumundi (1994)

Estimate $60,000 - $80,000 Lot Sold: $153,409 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art
73 ALBERT TUCKER
1914-1999

After the Bushfire 1973

Estimate $35,000 - $45,000 Lot Sold: $79,773 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian Art - AU0854 © The Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation
75 JAMES GLEESON
1915-2008

Landscape with Self-Portrait in Parenthesis 1994

Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: $49,091 (including buyer's premium)

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