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 |
BORN 1928
Tapecarias de Portalegre (manufacturer)
The Garden of the White Cat (1971)
Estimate $50,000 - $70,000 Lot Sold: $61,000 (including buyer's premium)1920-1999
Shoalhaven River with White Cockatoo (1984)
Estimate $140,000 - $180,000 Lot Sold: SOLD1948-1996
Garkman (1994)
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 Lot Sold: $36,600 (including buyer's premium)1867-1943
Palaces in Sunlight (1908)
Estimate $60,000 - $80,000 Lot Sold: $219,600 (including buyer's premium)1856-1931
Miss Minna Simpson (1886)
Estimate $300,000 - $400,000 Lot Sold: $976,000 (including buyer's premium)1865-1915
Morning on the Beach (circa 1909-1911)
Estimate $120,000 - $140,000 Lot Sold: $195,200 (including buyer's premium)1892-1984
Hydrangea and Plate 1944
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: $48,800 (including buyer's premium)1892-1984
Studio Door 1968
Estimate $18,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $21,960 (including buyer's premium)1911-1946
Bridge over the Liffey, Dublin 1939
Estimate $30,000 - $40,000 Lot Sold: $36,600 (including buyer's premium)1912-1981
Country Boy (1941)
Estimate $150,000 - $180,000 Lot Sold: $195,200 (including buyer's premium)1923-2011
Morning Brioche 1982
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: $84,180 (including buyer's premium)1920-1999
Confrontation 1978
Estimate $400,000 - $600,000 Lot Sold: $488,000 (including buyer's premium)1929-2005
Rain Check 1995
Estimate $50,000 - $60,000 Lot Sold: $93,940 (including buyer's premium)born 1936
Grassy Painting with William and Shirley Looking at a Regency Bower Bird (1985)
Estimate $120,000 - $160,000 Lot Sold: SOLDborn 1972
Shenae and Jade (2005)
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000 Lot Sold: $14,640 (including buyer's premium)circa 1922-2007
Girranyji - Brown Falcon Dreaming 2000
Estimate $60,000 - $80,000circa 1925-2001
Dingoes watch a Corroboree (1973)
Estimate † $30,000 - $40,000