Important Australian Art
AU0787 | 13 May 2014 | Sydney | 6.30 PM
AUCTION IN SYDNEY
13 May 2014 | 6.30 pm
Treasury Room, InterContinental Sydney
Exceptional results for colonial, modern and contemporary Australian Art were achieved at Sotheby’s Australia’s major sale held on Tuesday 13 May 2014 in Sydney. Comprising 101 lots, a total of $5,569,910 including buyer’s premium was sold, or 113.5% by value or 71.3% by volume, with new auction records for 7 artists achieved.
The highly anticipated sale of Tom Roberts’ Miss Minna Simpson (1886), an uncommissioned portrait of the niece of the artist’s then girlfriend and later wife, attracted strong bidding from both room and phone bidders and achieved an artist auction record of $976,000 (estimate $300,000-400,000, lot 30, pictured). Initially displayed at the inaugural exhibition of the Australian Artists’ Association in Melbourne in September 1886, the painting most recently featured in the major Tom Roberts retrospective exhibition that toured Australia in 1996-1997 and remained one of a few major examples by Roberts remaining in private ownership.
Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International Art |
Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
Dr David HansenSenior Researcher | Specialist Australian & International Art |
Brett BallardSpecialist Australian & International Art |
Harley YoungSpecialist | Logistics Manager Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900 E: Harley Young |
1939-1992
DEREK SMITH
BORN 1931 (thrower)
Seated Nude
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 Lot Sold: $12,200 (including buyer's premium)1920-1999
Nebudchadnezzar, Rainbow and Waterfall (1967)
Estimate $60,000 - $80,000 Lot Sold: $73,200 (including buyer's premium)born 1965
Buck (2009)
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: $31,720 (including buyer's premium)born 1955
Salamander 2007
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000 Lot Sold: $18,300 (including buyer's premium)1902-1959
(Untitled) (Central Australian Gorge) (circa 1948)
Estimate $50,000 - $70,000 Lot Sold: $61,000 (including buyer's premium)1902-1959
(Untitled) (1955)
Estimate $40,000 - $50,000 Lot Sold: $56,120 (including buyer's premium)1902-1959
(Untitled) (1955)
Estimate $35,000 - $45,000 Lot Sold: $43,920 (including buyer's premium)1902-1959
(Untitled) (1955)
Estimate $30,000 - $40,000 Lot Sold: $36,600 (including buyer's premium)born 1922
Fijian Harmony (View across the Lagoon)
Estimate $22,000 - $28,000 Lot Sold: $41,480 (including buyer's premium)1917-1992
Miner 1977
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Lot Sold: $24,400 (including buyer's premium)born 1949
Point to Point 1989
Estimate $45,000 - $55,000 Lot Sold: $54,900 (including buyer's premium)1923-2011
Portrait (Susie) 1965
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $9,760 (including buyer's premium)1923-2011
(Still Life) (2004)
Estimate $25,000 - $35,000 Lot Sold: $46,360 (including buyer's premium)1864-1947
(Landscape, France) (circa 1903)
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000 Lot Sold: $26,840 (including buyer's premium)1775-1828
Eliza Point showing Captain Piper's Naval Villa and Garden (circa 1820)
Estimate $100,000 - $150,000 Lot Sold: $219,600 (including buyer's premium)1803-1860
South East View of Windsor Park 1854
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000 Lot Sold: $29,280 (including buyer's premium)1825-1892
William Charles Wentworth 1854
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 Lot Sold: $21,960 (including buyer's premium)1801-1878
View on the North Shore with the Parramatta River (circa 1855)
Estimate $45,000 - $65,000 Lot Sold: $54,900 (including buyer's premium)1840-1877
Double Bay, Sydney (1870)
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 Lot Sold: $14,030 (including buyer's premium)1818-1873
(Punt on the River Murray at Echuca) 1872
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 Lot Sold: $31,720 (including buyer's premium)