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

51 CRISS CANNING
born 1947

The Arthur Merric Boyd Coffee Set (2003)

$30,000-40,000 Lot Sold: $34,160 (including buyer's premium)

52 CRISS CANNING
born 1947

Native Seed Pods (2012)

$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $36,600 (including buyer's premium)

53 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Interior with Still-Life and Nude and Chair 1985

Estimate $35,000 - $45,000 Lot Sold: $51,240 (including buyer's premium)

54 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Wategoes Beach, Holiday Suite 2 1989

$35,000-45,000

55 ROBERT DICKERSON
born 1924

The Bottle (1954)

$80,000-100,000 Lot Sold: $183,000 (including buyer's premium)

56 RICK AMOR
born 1948

The Unfinished Span 2005-2006

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

57 RICK AMOR
born 1948

Evening in the Inner Suburbs 1990

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

©Uta Uta Tjangala. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia

58 UTA UTA TJANGALA
circa 1926-1990

Young Man's Travelling Ceremony (1972)

$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

59 CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI
circa 1932-2002

Warlukurlangu (1976-1977)

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

60 BRONWYN OLIVER
1959-2006

Plait (2005)

$60,000-80,000 Lot Sold: $85,400 (including buyer's premium)

61 ROSALIE GASCOIGNE
1917-1999

Vestiges 1990

$80,000-120,000

62 JAMES GLEESON
1915-2008

An Exit-Entrance 2002

$50,000-70,000

63 AMANDA MARBURG
born 1976

Dead Horse 2012

$14,000-18,000

64 DEL KATHRYN BARTON
born 1972

From Her Nest in the Holm-Oak Tree the Nightingale Heard Him 2011

Estimate $120,000 - $160,000

65 NICHOLAS HARDING
born 1956

Beach Life (Swimming and Magazine) 2006

$4,000-6,000 Lot Sold: $9,760 (including buyer's premium)

66 BRETT WHITELEY
1939-1992

Untitled 1961

$45,000-65,000 Lot Sold: $54,900 (including buyer's premium)

67 HERMAN HOHAUS
1920-1990

Pandora 1966

$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $24,400 (including buyer's premium)

68 JOHN FIRTH-SMITH
born 1943

Lapping In 1969

$10,000-15,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

69 DAVID ASPDEN
1935-2005

(Untitled) 1968

$15,000-20,000 Lot Sold: $20,740 (including buyer's premium)

70 JOHN OLSEN
born 1928

The Bathroom 1994

$35,000-45,000

71 ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Sunset, Shoalhaven Riverbank (1988)

$65,000-75,000 Lot Sold: $79,300 (including buyer's premium)

72 SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992

Black-boys 1945

$40,000-60,000 Lot Sold: $61,000 (including buyer's premium)

73 MARGARET OLLEY
1923-2011

Mandarins (1975)

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

74 HELEN OGILVIE
1902-1993

Weatherboard Cottage Near Sandy Flat, N.S.W. 1970

$4,000-6,000 Lot Sold: $5,490 (including buyer's premium)

75 RAY CROOKE
born 1922

(North Queensland)

$8,000-12,000

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