Growing Success: The Sale of International Art in Australia
Following decades of dealer experience in Australia, we have built many longstanding and trusting client relationships. Lex Aitken's consignment in Sydney of his substantial collection of works by the British abstractionist Bridget Riley, August 2013, demonstrated his belief and trust in our ability to reach international markets and achieve truly international prices from Australia. The sale of Bridget Riley's Off 1963 for $984,000 became the highest price ever achieved for a small scale 1960s work.
The August sale of Barbara Hepworth's Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-Square (Four Circles) 1966 on behalf of a Sydney collector, again breezed past its estimate of $150,000-250,000 with strongly contested international bidding.
BRIDGET RILEY Off, 1963 (top left)
$984,000 (inc BP) August 2013
BARBARA HEPWORTH Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-Square (Four Circles), 1966 (centre)
$348,000 (inc BP) August 2014
YAYOI KUSAMA Heart [Aowhton], 2007 (top right)
$384,000 (inc BP) April 2014
FRANK AUERBACH David Landau Seated, 1992
$720,000 (inc BP) August 2014
LUCIAN FREUD Pluto Aged Twelve, 2000
$120,000 (inc BP) August 2014