Dave’s Faves from the Lawson-Menzies June 2014 auction
A very special offering from Lawson-Menzies awaits us on 19 June: almost a quarter or 85 lots of the 337 strong sale are made up from the Hoong Loh collection of contemporary Australian art … Who? we wondered, until we read the illuminating introduction to the catalogue, learning along the way about some of the […]
Dave’s Faves: Sotheby’s Fine Art May 2014 auction
On 13 May, there are 101 fine paintings on offer at Sotheby’s auction of Important Australian Art. David restricted himself to Dave’s Dozen (aka Dave’s Faves): Lot 18 – Jeffrey Smart, Figure Study for The Reservoir, Centennial Park (1988), est. $20,000-$30,000. Stairway to Heaven Lot 22 – John Brack, Reading the Reader’s Digest 1955, est. […]
Dave’s Faves: Spendsies at Menzies
Menzies offers us 144 lots in their 20 March auction held in Melbourne, from historical paintings by Henry Gritten, S.T. Gill, Eugene von Guerard and John Glover to the very contemporary works by Julia Ciccarone, Stephen Bush and Chris Langlois. Here are my Dave’s Faves picks from the catalogue: Lot 1 – Frank Hinder, Black/Yellow […]
David’s History Mystery
During his visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales yesterday, David came across a painting by Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack … who? Exactly, an artist all too little known, yet the only Bauhaus student to end up in Australia. Sent here as an ‘enemy alien’ in 1940 from Britain, Hirschfeld Mack (1893-1965) had studied […]
Lawson-Menzies are off with the Fairies
Well, the Lawson-Menzies first auction of the season literally begins this way with a delightful grouping of Australian fairy painters. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite is the best-known exponent of the genre, and her ‘Refreshments’ lot 1, starts the small series. David has already taken a good look through the entire catalogue of 283 lots to go […]
Dave’s Faves: International Photography Sale At Leonard Joel
For the last week, David has been raving to me about this book he is reading, and he can’t stop talking about it. I must admit ‘Capturing the light: a true story of genius, rivalry and the birth of photography’ does sound like a brilliant read, and I want to get around to it in […]
Brigitte’s Best from Bonhams
Bonhams’ auction of Important Australian art on Monday, 25 November in Sydney features both non-aboriginal and aboriginal art and artefacts, providing an offering ranging from the very contemporary to the very traditional, all in just 118 lots. Let us know if you are interested in any of the works and would like due diligence and […]
Dave’s Faves Auction Picks: Sotheby’s & Deutscher + Hackett
Sotheby’s present a tightly curated auction on 26 November in Melbourne, comprising just 60 lots with some true gems amongst them. Deutscher + Hackett present an auction in two parts on 27 November, also in Melbourne: the first offering is 133 lots of Australian and international art, and part 2 offers 84 mostly Aboriginal art. […]
Dave’s Faves from the Lawson-Menzies November art auction
The first of the November art auctions will be held by Lawson-Menzies on 21 November in Sydney. It’s also the largest offering with 335 lots, priced from under $1,000. David has therefore allowed himself 20 ‘faves’ – here they are: Lot 14 – Mary Edwards, Poinciana Tree, Victoria Parade, Suva 1954, est. $1,500-2,000. Tree of […]
Provenance, Provenance, Provenance
In terms of art collecting, single owner sales always are something special, and when the collector himself is one of Australia’s most esteemed and talented artists, it just seems that much more special. ‘Works from the Donald Friend Collection’ will be sold by Deutscher + Hackett in Sydney, on Sunday, 27 October 2013, at Paddington […]