Dave’s Faves for Sotheby’s Auction August 2014
Paintings by Jeffrey Smart, Robert Dickerson and Danila Vassilieff tap into Australian urban life in Sotheby’s auction on 26 August in of Important Australian and International Art. The 95 lots provide a beautiful selection of some of the best art on offer. Unsurprisingly perhaps, Dave’s Faves start with the trifecta of lots 1, 2 and […]
Dave’s Faves: Menzies Fine Art Auction 24 July 2014
“Gauguin”, the star lot in the Menzies auction on 24 July in Melbourne, is a historical heavy weight by Brett Whiteley – and it is now on view in Australia for the first time. Whiteley painted the yellow work in 1968 in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York – home at various times to […]
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 […]
Long holiday pays off for Deutscher +Hackett
The Deutscher + Hackett sale strategy of letting the Easter and Anzac Holiday fall between viewings in Sydney and Melbourne appears to have paid off handsomely: On Wednesday night, the auction room was packed with dealers, consultants and collectors refreshed and ready to spend in their second major sale of the year. The results confirmed […]
Dorrit Black’s Prices Erupt
A spectacular eruption of her prices was witnessed at Bonhams The Grosvenor School and Avant-garde British Printmaking sale in London on 15th April. Dorrit Black in fact did witness the eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in 1928 and created this linocut print of her experience (lot 107). Bonhams perhaps saved the best until last […]
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: Rah Rah Fizelle at Deutscher + Hackett Auction
In their first auction of the year, Deutscher + Hackett present a beautiful selection of 156 lots. Their Melbourne 30 April sale promises to be very exciting. Both David and I are very much looking forward to seeing the paintings, sculptures and photography this week in Sydney from 10 to 13 April. Let’s get straight […]
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 […]