Outstanding Results for Australian Modernist Art
Deutscher and Hackett has a record of strong auction results on belhalf of our private, corporate and public institution clients for Australian modernist artists from the 1920s to the 1940s including many record prices. These include Herbert Badham, Lina Bryans, Roy De Maistre, Rah Fizelle, Elioth Gruner, Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Grace Cossington Smith, Peter Purves Smith, Ethel Spowers, Constance Stokes and Evelyn Syme.
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
(1892 - 1984)
YELLOW DRAPES, 1954
oil on composition board
76.0 x 54.5 cm
Estimate: $100,000 – 200,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 30 April 2014
Sold for $264,000 (inc. BP)
MARGARET PRESTON
(1875 - 1963)
FOR A LITTLE GIRL, 1929
oil on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 27 August 2014
Sold for $156,000 (inc. BP)
Acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
ROY DE MAISTRE
(1894 - 1968)
STUDIO INTERIOR
oil on canvas
93.0 x 48.0 cm
Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 May 2015
Sold for $144,000 (inc. BP)
RAH FIZELLE
(1891 - 1964)
SEATED WOMAN, 1932-33
oil on canvas on board
80.0 x 52.5 cm
Estimate: $45,000 – 65,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 29 August 2007
Sold for $93,000 (inc. BP)
ETHEL SPOWERS
(1890 - 1947)
WET AFTERNOON, 1929
colour linocut on buff oriental laid tissue
24.0 x 20.0 cm
edition: 8/50
Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 30 November 2011
Sold for $78,000 (inc. BP)
MARGARET PRESTON
(1875 - 1963)
A MILE OUT OF ALICE SPRINGS, 1949
colour stencil on black card
25.0 x 31.0 cm
edition: 3
Estimate: $15,000 – 20,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 2 December 2015
Sold for $67,100 (inc. BP)
MARGARET PRESTON
(1875 - 1963)
NATIVE FUCHSIA, 1925
45.0 x 28.0 cm
hand-coloured woodcut
Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000
Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 27 August 2014
Sold for $55,200 (inc. BP)