Smith & Singer

Important Australian & International Art

AU0860 | 2 May 2023 | Sydney | 6.30PM

CHARLES BLACKMAN 1928-2018 The White Tablecloth 1956
tempera and oil on composition board, 119.3 x 135 cm
Estimate $1,200,000–1,600,000
Sold for $1,472,727
© Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2023
RALPH BALSON 1890-1964 Constructive Painting 1954
oil on composition board, 63.5 x 75.5 cm
Estimate $250,000–350,000
Sold for $441,818
CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE 1870-1947 Reverie: Ena te Papatahi, a Ngapuhi Chieftainess (Ina Te Papatahi, Ngā Puhi) 1916
oil on canvas, 45.7 x 40.7 cm
Estimate $1,400,000–1,600,000
Sold for $1,718,182
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
JOHN OLSEN born 1928 Life on the Edge of the Pond 2003
oil on canvas, 182 x 197 cm
Estimate $250,000–350,000
Sold for $306,818
© John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2023
ARTHUR BOYD 1920-1999 On the Banks of the Shoalhaven (1984)
oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
Estimate $300,000–400,000
Sold for $834,545
© Arthur Boyd/Copyright Agency, 2023
FRED WILLIAMS 1927-1982 Green Landscape (You Yangs) (1966)
oil on canvas, 91.5 x 106.5 cm
Estimate $450,000–650,000
Sold for $613,636
© Estate of Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2023
IAN FAIRWEATHER 1891-1974 Summer (1964)
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard, 72.1 x 101.5 cm
Estimate $250,000–350,000
Sold for $331,364
© Ian Fairweather/DACS. Copyright Agency, 2023
HOWARD ARKLEY 1951-1999 Psychedelic Head 1990
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 175 x 135 cm
Estimate $250,000–350,000
Sold for $490,909
© The Estate of Howard Arkley/Licensed by Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art
BRETT WHITELEY 1939-1992
The Paddock - Early Morning 1979
oil on canvas, 203 x 153 cm
Estimate $2,000,000–3,000,000
Sold for $2,147,727
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency 2023
CRISS CANNING born 1947 Waratah and Studio Detail (2003))
oil on board, 45.5 x 35.5 cm
Estimate $25,000–35,000
Sold for $98,182
AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
© Criss Canning/Copyright Agency, 2023
Sale Number: AU0860

Important Australian & International Art

This carefully curated sale of 100 works, including Important Australian Art from The Selwyn & Renata Litton Collection presented a selection of extraordinary moments in Australian and international art history.  Surveying major stylistic developments, this auction offered 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 and International Art.  World auction records were established for the eminent New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie, as well as Criss Canning and Francis Lymburner.

AUCTION IN SYDNEY
2 MAY 2023 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 $13,010,318 (Included Premium)

EXHIBITION TIMES +

MELBOURNE

14-16 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE

WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL -

SUNDAY 23 APRIL

10AM - 5PM

SYDNEY

30 QUEEN STREET, WOOLLAHRA

THURSDAY 27 APRIL -

TUESDAY 2 MAY

10AM - 5PM








Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2023
26 JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000

Yellow Boat at Aspendale 1965

$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $77,318 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Estate of Fred Williams/Copyright Agency, 2023
27 FRED WILLIAMS
1927-1982

After Bushfire (1969)

$35,000-45,000 Lot Sold: $63,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Arthur Boyd/Copyright Agency, 2023
28 ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Shoalhaven Landscape (1980s)

$120,000-160,000 Lot Sold: $171,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © John Olsen/Copyright Agency, 2023
29 JOHN OLSEN
1928-2023

Life on the Edge of the Pond 2003

$250,000-350,000 Lot Sold: $306,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023
30 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

PINTON FRÈRES, TAPISSIERIE D'AUBUSSON, FRANCE (MANUFACTURER) The River (1976)

$150,000-250,000 Lot Sold: $306,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860
32 CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE
1870-1947

Reverie: Ena te Papatahi, a Ngapuhi Chieftainess (Ina Te Papatahi, Ngā Puhi) 1916

$1,400,000-1,600,000 Lot Sold: $1,718,182 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860
33 RALPH BALSON
1890-1964

Constructive Painting 1954

$250,000-350,000 Lot Sold: $441,818 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2023
34 CHARLES BLACKMAN
1928-2018

The White Tablecloth 1956

$1,200,000-1,600,000 Lot Sold: $1,472,727 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023
35 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

The Paddock - Early Morning 1979

$2,000,000-3,000,000 Lot Sold: $2,147,727 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Arthur Boyd/Copyright Agency, 2023
36 ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Fishing at Dusk on the Shoalhaven (circa 1983)

$180,000-240,000 Lot Sold: $220,909 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Courtesy the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
37 TIM MAGUIRE
born 1958

Untitled 1995.57 1995

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $77,318 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Emily Kngwarreye/Copyright Agency, 2023
38 EMILY KNGWARREYE
1908-1996

Merne Alhalkere (1993)

$80,000-100,000 Lot Sold: $98,182 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Emily Kngwarreye/Copyright Agency, 2023
39 EMILY KNGWARREYE
1908-1996

Alhalkere (1993)

$60,000-80,000 Lot Sold: $73,636 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © The Estate of Jeffrey Smart
40 JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

Study Hide and Seek III (1969-1970)

SOLD
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency, 2023
43 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Requite 1967

$200,000-300,000 Lot Sold: $245,455 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860
44 GODFREY MILLER
1893-1964

Fig Tree Series (circa 1940)

$20,000-30,000
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Vivienne Yvonne Audette/Copyright Agency, 2023
45 YVONNE AUDETTE
born 1930

Railway Signal at the Crossing 1970

$25,000-35,000 Lot Sold: $30,682 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860
46 CLARICE BECKETT
1887-1935

Misty Morning (circa 1931)

$20,000-30,000 Lot Sold: $24,545 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2023
47 ALBERT NAMATJIRA
1902-1959

Blackwood Trees at Rapid Creek, Darwin (1950)

$50,000-70,000 Lot Sold: $122,727 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency, 2023
48 ALBERT NAMATJIRA
1902-1959

Glen Helen Landscape 1954

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $73,636 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860
49 WEAVER HAWKINS
1893-1977

Tiddly-Winks 1950

$20,000-30,000 Lot Sold: $24,545 (including buyer's premium)
Important Australian & International Art - AU0860 © The Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
50 GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
1892-1984

'St. Ives' (At Hunter's Hill) (1944)

$18,000-22,000 Lot Sold: $22,091 (including buyer's premium)

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