51 - Important Australian and International Fine Art

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Sydney
-
20 September 2017

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CHARLES DIRCK WITTENOOM
SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, c.1836 – 37

watercolour and pencil on paper

22.5 x 34.5 cm

Estimate: 
$150,000 – 200,000
Sold for $292,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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GEORGE ROWE
GEORGE ROWE AT THE DIGGINGS NEAR ARARAT, c.1858

watercolour and gouache on paper on cardboard

63.0 x 186.5 cm

Estimate: 
$250,000 – 350,000
Sold for $183,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
WATTLE, c.1944

oil and pencil on board

40.5 x 44.5 cm

Estimate: 
$60,000 – 80,000
Sold for $97,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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MARGARET PRESTON
FLOWERS IN A JUG, 1955

oil on canvas

53.5 x 43.5 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – 65,000
Sold for $54,900 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ARTHUR STREETON
ROSES, LA FRANCE, c.1933

oil on canvas

58.5 x 48.5 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – 45,000
Sold for $58,560 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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MARGARET OLLEY
WINTER FLOWERS, 1965

oil on composition board

75.0 x 60.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Sold for $36,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CHARLES BLACKMAN
THE LETTER, c.1968

oil on canvas

172.5 x 213.0 cm

Estimate: 
$100,000 – 140,000
Sold for $164,700 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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JEFFREY SMART
THE DOME II, 1978 – 79

oil and synthetic polymer paint on paper on board

44.0 x 44.0 cm

Estimate: 
$150,000 – 200,000
Sold for $292,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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HENRY MOORE
RECLINING STRINGED FIGURE, 1939, cast 1982

bronze and brass wire

9.5 x 25.5 x 8.0 cm
base: 28.0 x 9.5 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – 240,000
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WITHDRAWN
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JOHN BRACK
NEVER, 1989 – 90

oil on canvas

106.0 x 182.5 cm

Estimate: 
$800,000 – 1,200,000
Sold for $1,232,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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HOWARD ARKLEY
A FREEWAY PAINTING (EXIT), 1994

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

182.5 x 365.5 cm

Estimate: 
$450,000 – 550,000
Sold for $573,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ROSALIE GASCOIGNE
BYZANTIUM, 1997

retro-reflective road sign on board

78.0 x 82.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – 160,000
Sold for $140,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CRESSIDA CAMPBELL
SPOTTED EUCALYPTS, ORANGE, 2000

watercolour on incised woodblock

89.0 x 80.0 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – 65,000
Sold for $97,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE
LES BAIGNEURS, 1980 – 81

painted polyester resin

47.0 x 47.0 x 30.5 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – 55,000
Sold for $48,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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MICHAEL JOHNSON
AGAINST THE LIGHT, 2002

oil on canvas

183.0 x 183.0 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – 45,000
Sold for $42,700 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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AIDA TOMESCU
SALAMANDER, 2007

oil on canvas

184.0 x 152.5 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000
Sold for $46,360 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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TIM MAGUIRE
WALSH BAY II, 2010

Duratran on lightbox

120.0 x 220.0 cm

Private sale
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19

TRACEY MOFFATT
SOMETHING MORE NO. 1, 1989

Cibachrome print

82.0 x 104.0 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – 65,000
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EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
ALHALKERE (MY COUNTRY), 1990

synthetic polymer paint on linen

150.0 x 120.0 cm

Estimate: 
$100,000 – 150,000
Sold for $146,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
UNTITLED, 1991

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

122.0 x 91.0 cm

Private sale
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23

BERTRAM MACKENNAL
CIRCE, c.1902 – 04

bronze

57.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$120,000 – 150,000
Sold for $256,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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IAN FAIRWEATHER
SCOOTERS, 1950

gouache and watercolour on paper

58.5 x 72.5 cm

Estimate: 
$70,000 – 90,000
Sold for $73,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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JOHN PERCEVAL
THE STUDIO – CANTERBURY, 1962

oil on canvas on composition board

83.0 x 100.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Sold for $61,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CHARLES BLACKMAN
SPRING HILL WITH FIGURES, 1952

oil on board

62.0 x 74.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Sold for $30,500 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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JOHN OLSEN
THE BICYCLE BOY’S COLLISION, 1961

oil on composition board

76.0 x 101.5 cm

Estimate: 
$50,000 – 70,000
Sold for $97,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ARTHUR BOYD
WIMMERA LANDSCAPE WITH FULL MOON AND WHITE COCKATOOS, c.1985

oil on board

90.0 x 120.0 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – 100,000
Sold for $128,100 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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RUSSELL DRYSDALE
SOLDIERS RESTING OUTSIDE ALBURY STATION, c.1943

ink and watercolour on paper

33.0 x 37.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $18,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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SALI HERMAN
OUTBACK, 1946

oil on canvas on composition board

51.5 x 61.5 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – 35,000
Sold for $34,770 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ARTHUR BOYD
SHOALHAVEN RIVER, c.1995

oil on canvas

100.0 x 80.0 cm

Estimate: 
$55,000 – 75,000
Sold for $91,500 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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TIM STORRIER
NIGHT FIRE, 1990

synthetic polymer paint and rope on canvas

61.0 x 198.0 cm

Estimate: 
$50,000 – 70,000
Sold for $59,780 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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GARRY SHEAD
THE SENTINEL, 1992 (FROM ‘D.H. LAWRENCE’ SERIES)

oil on canvas

91.0 x 121.0 cm

Estimate: 
$60,000 – 80,000
Sold for $73,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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SAM FULLBROOK
SUNDOWN NEAR WARRAWAGINE, c.1960 – 64

oil on canvas

52.5 x 70.0 cm

Private sale
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35

CHARLES BLACKMAN
THEY BROUGHT HER RIBBONS OF YELLOW AND CRIMSON AND GREAT CLUSTERS OF FLOWERS, c.1980

oil on composition board

48.0 x 66.0 cm

Estimate: 
$16,000 – 20,000
Sold for $20,740 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CHARLES BLACKMAN
THE DREAM, c.1966

oil on paper on composition board

50.5 x 70.5 cm

Estimate: 
$18,000 – 25,000
Sold for $21,960 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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DORRIT BLACK
THE STRING QUARTETTE, c.1935

colour linocut on thin oriental wove paper

15.0 x 24.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $48,800 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ETHEL SPOWERS
REFLECTIONS OF A CHINA FAWN, 1932

colour linocut on buff oriental tissue

26.0 x 20.5 cm

Estimate: 
$6,000 – 8,000
Sold for $7,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
DEVON – TRUSHAM LANDSCAPE, 1949

oil on canvas on board

33.5 x 44.5 cm

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Sold for $21,350 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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JOHN PASSMORE
HARBOUR VIEW, c.1952

oil on composition board

38.5 x 55.5 cm

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Sold for $18,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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LLOYD REES
BLACKWATTLE BAY, 1965

carbon pencil and watercolour wash on paper

25.0 x 40.0 cm

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 8,000
Sold for $5,856 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ARTHUR BOYD
SLEEPING WOMAN WITH DRAGONFLY AND WATCHING FIGURE, c.1964

pastel on paper

48.5 x 63.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $14,640 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ARTHUR BOYD
SPIRITS, c.1963 – 64 (FROM THE ROMEO AND JULIET SERIES)

glazed ceramic tile

53.0 x 56.0 cm

Estimate: 
$18,000 – 25,000
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TONY TUCKSON
UNTITLED (TP 134), c.1952

oil on canvas on composition board

60.5 x 41.5 cm

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Sold for $10,370 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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SAM FULLBROOK

DARLING RIVER LANDSCAPE, 1965

oil on canvas

63.0 x 71.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
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ALBERT TUCKER
PARROTS IN THE BUSH

oil on composition board

37.0 x 49.0 cm

Estimate: 
$12,000 – 18,000
Sold for $18,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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ROBERT DICKERSON
ULTIMO, AN EARLY MORNING WALK

oil on canvas

55.5 x 60.5 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $17,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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DONALD FRIEND
THE TROUPE, 1953

pen and ink and gouache on paper

55.0 x 43.5 cm

Estimate: 
$6,000 – 9,000
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ARTHUR BOYD
SHOALHAVEN LANDSCAPE

oil on board

23.0 x 30.0 cm

Estimate: 
$22,000 – 28,000
Sold for $25,620 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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SIDNEY NOLAN
FIGURE AND FLOWERS IN LANDSCAPE

oil on paper on composition board

75.5 x 51.5 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $10,370 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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RUPERT BUNNY
JEUNE FILLE EN BLEU

monotype

24.5 x 24.5 cm

Estimate: 
$7,000 – 9,000
Sold for $18,300 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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BERTRAM MACKENNAL
SALOMÉ, c.1895

bronze

28.5 cm height

Estimate: 
$12,000 – 18,000
Sold for $8,540 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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DAVID DAVIES
AUTUMN, c.1904

oil on canvas

39.5 x 23.5 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $25,620 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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BESSIE DAVIDSON
FLEURS, 1942

oil on wood panel

39.5 x 32.0 cm

Estimate: 
ESTIMATE $25,000 – 35,000
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WILL ASHTON
ST IVES

oil on canvas

61.0 x 91.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Sold for $36,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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DUNCAN McGREGOR WHYTE
COTTESLOE BEACH, c.1910

oil on canvas on board

23.0 x 32.0 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $13,420 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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HANS HEYSEN
FARMYARD WITH HAYSTACK AND CATTLE

watercolour on paper

30.0 x 37.0 cm

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 8,000
Sold for $15,250 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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SYDNEY LONG
LANDSCAPE, PASTORAL, 1919

watercolour on paper

29.0 x 35.0 cm

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $6,100 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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McLEAN EDWARDS
PYGMALION WRESTLES, 1997

oil on canvas

167.5 x 137.5 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $13,420 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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MICHAEL ZAVROS
DEBASER/BURBERRY, 2007

charcoal on paper

122.0 x 86.0 cm

Estimate: 
$16,000 – 20,000
Sold for $26,840 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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PHILIP WOLFHAGEN
STILL LIFE TRIPTYCH NO. 3, 2000

oil and beeswax linen
triptych

151.0 x 56.0 cm each

Private sale
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RICK AMOR
SAILING TO THE WEST (EVENING), 2001

oil on canvas

56.0 x 71.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 25,000
Sold for $34,160 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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NICHOLAS HARDING
NOCTURNE, 2000

oil on canvas on board

67.0 x 72.0 cm

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 8,000
Sold for $4,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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PETER BOOTH
(UNTITLED), 1979

ink on paper

75.5 x 113.0 cm

Estimate: 
$6,000 – 9,000
Sold for $3,660 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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NICHOLAS HARDING
ERSKINEVILLE RAILWAY, 1992 – 93

oil on canvas on board

122.0 x 122.0 cm

Private sale
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PRINCE OF WALES (MIDPUL)
BODY MARKS, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on linen

137.0 x 80.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $15,860 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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BILL WHISKEY TJAPALTJARRI
ROCKHOLES AND COUNTRY NEAR ULURU, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on linen

150.0 x 125.0 cm

Estimate: 
$12,000 – 16,000
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ROVER THOMAS (JOOLAMA)
UNTITLED, 1993

natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas

40.0 x 50.0 cm

Private sale
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LUCY CULLITON
COWS AND BULLS, 2000

oil on twelve boards

20.0 x 20.0 cm each

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000 (12)
Sold for $3,660 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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NOEL McKENNA
PLAYROOM, 1992

watercolour on paper

42.0 x 36.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,500 – 2,000
Sold for $4,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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NOEL McKENNA
(i) UNTITLED, 1998, (ii) UNTITLED, 2000

glazed ceramic tiles

(i)20.0 x 40.0 cm
(ii)15.0 x 20.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,200 – $1,800 (2)
Sold for $3,660 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CRESSIDA CAMPBELL
UNTITLED (STILL LIFE INTERIOR)

oil on canvas

35.0 x 45.5 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $11,590 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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CRESSIDA CAMPBELL
UNTITLED (STILL LIFE BANANAS)

synthetic polymer paint on paper

51.0 x 40.5 cm

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $4,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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VIDA LAHEY
ALLAMANDA, 1919

watercolour on paper

60.5 x 84.0 cm

Estimate: 
$6,000 – 8,000
Sold for $17,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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BESSIE DAVIDSON
MARSEILLE, 1939

oil on wood panel

18.0 x 23.0 cm

Estimate: 
ESTIMATE $3,000 – 5,000
Sold for $4,270 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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WILLIAM FRATER
LONG GULLY, BENDIGO, 1940

oil on board

50.0 x 60.0 cm

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $4,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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EDITH HOLMES
TREE AND SUNSET, BALLY PARK, TASMANIA, 1967

oil on canvas on board

74.5 x 61.5 cm

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $7,320 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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PABLO PICASSO
MINOTAURE AVEUGLE GUIDÉ PAR UNE FILLETTE II, 1934 (FROM LA SUITE VOLLARD)

etching on Montval laid paper

23.5 x 29.5 cm (plate)

Estimate: 
$16,000 – 20,000
Sold for $23,180 (inc. BP) in Auction 51 - 20 September 2017, Sydney
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