Aussies Led the Auction Pack in August
'Australia led the pack of the top 10 most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in August, according to the artnet Price Database.'
Jeffrey Smart, an Adelaide-born painter who died last year in Italy at age 91, took second and third place of the top 10.
In the final week of summer's official third month, Deutscher and Hackett, with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, sold Smart's Self portrait at Papini's (1984–85), an oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas painting, for 1,260,000 AUD ($1,176,141), including the buyer's premium.'
Elizabeth Manus, Aussies Led the Auction Pack in August, Artnet website, September 10, 2014
image: Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne Gallery.