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Important Australian Art

12 May 2014 | starting at 18:30 AEST

Live Auction

Sydney, Byron Kennedy Hall and 1 simulcast location in Melbourne, Armadale

Auction highlights

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) Wimmera Landscape. Sold for AU$122,000 inc. premium

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) Wimmera Landscape, c.1950. Sold for AU$97,600 inc. premium

Roy De Maistre (1894-1968) Berrima, 1918. Sold for AU$91,500 inc. premium

Roy De Maistre (1894-1968) Colour Sketch - Dangar Island, 1918. Sold for AU$85,400 inc. premium

Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013) Second Study for The Picnic 2, 1969. Sold for AU$79,300 inc. premium

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67 lots available

1 —
Roy De Maistre
(1894-1968)
Berrima, 1918

Sold for AU$91,500 inc. premium

2 —
Roy De Maistre
(1894-1968)
Colour Sketch - Dangar Island, 1918

Sold for AU$85,400 inc. premium

3 —
Margaret Olley
(1923-2011)
Still Life with Hydrangeas and Fruit, c.1999

Sold for AU$54,900 inc. premium

4 —
John Brack
(1920-1999)
Gerberas, 1957

Sold for AU$183,000 inc. premium

5 —
Jeffrey Smart
(1921-2013)
Second Study for The Picnic 2, 1969

Sold for AU$79,300 inc. premium

6 —
Arthur Streeton
(1867-1943)
Still Life with Lilies, c.1933

Sold for AU$97,600 inc. premium

7 —
Sidney Nolan
(1917-1992)
Central Australia, c.1949

Sold for AU$54,900 inc. premium

8 —
Emily Kam Kngawarray
(Emily Kame Kngwarreye)(circa 1916-1996)
Alalgura V1, 1992

Sold for AU$30,500 inc. premium

9 —
Makinti Napanangka
(circa 1930-2011)
Peewee, 2002

AU$20,000 - AU$24,000

10 —
Arthur Boyd
(1920-1999)
Wimmera Landscape

Sold for AU$122,000 inc. premium

11 —
John Olsen
(born 1928)
Landscape, c.1958

AU$90,000 - AU$120,000

12 —
Walter Withers
(1854-1914)
Hillside, Templestowe

AU$20,000 - AU$30,000

13 —
Frederick McCubbin
(1855-1917)
Bush Study, Mount Macedon, c.1910

Sold for AU$12,200 inc. premium

14 —
Roger Kemp
(1908-1987)
Transfiguration, 1967-69

AU$65,000 - AU$85,000

15 —
Edith Lilla Holmes
(1893-1973)
Sydney Opera House, c.1960

Sold for AU$7,930 inc. premium

16 —
Albert Namatjira
(circa 1902-1959)
Ghost Gums and Blue Ranges

Sold for AU$36,600 inc. premium

17 —
Colin McCahon
(New Zealand, 1919-1987)
Black, White and Orange Landscape, 1958

Sold for AU$85,400 inc. premium

18 —
John Coburn
(1925-2006)
Maralinga II, 1999

19 —
Dale Frank
(born 1959)
Baffling Bad Temper, 2012

AU$28,000 - AU$32,000

20 —
Robert Klippel
(1920-2001)
Opus 97, 1960 height: 67.5cm

Sold for AU$26,545.46 inc. premium

21 —
John Olsen
(born 1928)
Circus Day, 1961

AU$400,000 - AU$500,000

22 —
Margaret Olley
(1923-2011)
Still Life, 1978

Sold for AU$91,500 inc. premium

23 —
Margaret Preston
(1875-1963)
The Window, c.1916

Sold for AU$164,700 inc. premium

24 —
Arthur Boyd
(1920-1999)
Wimmera Landscape, c.1950

Sold for AU$97,600 inc. premium

25 —
Fred Williams
(1927-1982)
Ferns Diptych, 1968

AU$1,500,000 - AU$2,000,000

26 —
Sidney Nolan
(1917-1992)
Figures and Wattle, 1964

AU$70,000 - AU$100,000

27 —
Ningura Napurrula
(born circa 1938)
Women at Wirrulnga, 2005

AU$60,000 - AU$80,000

28 —
Charles Blackman
(born 1928)
Beach Bather with Butterfly

AU$28,000 - AU$34,000

29 —
Charles Blackman
(born 1928)
Four Shadows, c.1960

AU$60,000 - AU$80,000

30 —
Jeffrey Smart
(1921-2013)
Second Study for Conversation Piece, 1997

Sold for AU$79,300 inc. premium

31 —
Jason Benjamin
(born 1971)
Where do we go now?, 2003

32 —
Nicholas Harding
(born 1956)
Wooli Watertower, 1996

AU$14,000 - AU$18,000

33 —
John Perceval
(1923-2000)
Adam and Eve with the Garlic Plant, 1955

AU$25,000 - AU$35,000

34 —
Albert Tucker
(1914-1999)
Bush, 1963

AU$15,000 - AU$20,000

35 —
Jimmy Njiminjuma
(born circa 1945)
Three Mimihs, c.1984

Sold for AU$1,342 inc. premium

36 —
Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
(1926-2009)
Bininj Mimih with Dilly Bag, 2004

AU$2,500 - AU$3,500

37 —
Mick Kubarkku
(born circa 1925)
Untitled

AU$3,000 - AU$5,000

38 —
Mick Kubarkku
(born circa 1925)
Untitled

AU$3,000 - AU$5,000

39 —
Mick Kubarkku
(circa 1925-2008)
Sugar Gliders

Sold for AU$2,440 inc. premium

40 —
Arthur Streeton
(1867-1943)
At Queenscliff, c.1907

Sold for AU$57,340 inc. premium

41 —
Grace Cossington Smith
(1892-1984)
Spring in Sussex, 1950

Sold for AU$10,370 inc. premium

42 —
Arthur Boyd
(1920-1999)
Landscape, c.1948

AU$55,000 - AU$75,000

43 —
Peter Walsh
(1958-2009)
Procession, 2002

AU$2,500 - AU$4,500

44 —
Julie Dowling
(born 1969)
Cousin Ray, 2003

Sold for AU$4,880 inc. premium

45 —
McLean Edwards
(born 1972)
Boxes, 2007

AU$14,000 - AU$18,000

46 —
Paddy Bedford
(circa 1922-2007)
Winperrji - Police Rock Hole, 2001

Sold for AU$53,680 inc. premium

47 —
William Robinson
(born 1936)
Rainforest with Botan Creek, 1989

AU$100,000 - AU$150,000

48 —
Walangkura Napanangka
(born circa 1946)
Untitled (Designs Associated with the Rockhole and Soakage Water Site of Marrapinti), 2004

Sold for AU$3,660 inc. premium

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Specialist

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Client Services (Australia)

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Alex Clark

Head of Sale, Senior Specialist

Tel: +61 3 7019 3870

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