Important Australian Art

Important Australian art

Stellar results were achieved at Sotheby’s Australia’s auction of Important Australian Art.  Two paintings sold for over $1.5 million, the highest auction results for 2015.  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 94 lots by leading practitioners, the sale achieved $8.55 million including buyer’s premium: the highest total for a Sotheby’s Australia November sale ever.

Setting the two highest Australian art auction prices for 2015 to date, two impressive paintings by Australia’s modern masters Arthur Boyd and Fred Williams both exceeded $1.5 million.  Sotheby’s Australia currently holds four of the top 5 Australian art auction results for 2015.^

• Arthur Boyd’s Sleeping Bride (1957-1958) (estimate $1,000,000-1,200,000, lot 17) realised $1,586,000

• Fred Williams’s Trees and Hillsides 1964 (estimate $1,000,000-1,200,000 lot 15) achieved $1,708,000

^as at 24 November 2015.