David has looked closely at the 133 lots on offer at the upcoming Menzies Fine Art Auction on
21 March. The following have made his ‘Dave’s Faves’ this time:
Lot 2 – Ben Quilty, Boy 2008, est. $5,500-7,500. What’s going on inside your head, Mr Quilty?
Lot 3 – John Coburn, Chromatic Painting 1971, est. $5,000-8,000. The new ‘TARGET’ logo perhaps
Lot 5 – Will Ashton, Paris, est. $3,000-4,000. Ashton sees the light yet again in Paris
Lot 6 – Max Dupain, Beach Watchers, Bondi 1940s, est. $2,000-3,000. Have you added one of these insanely cheap Dupain photos to your collection yet?
Lot 9 – Donald Friend, The Artist’s Chair, est. $14,000-18,000. His oils are rare
Lot 11 – Lucy Culliton, Summer Fruits 2000, est. $10,000-15,000. Good enough to eat
Lot 19 – Bill Henson, Untitled 2005-06, est. $14,000-18,000. Brilliant Bill Bedazzles
Lot 20 – George Baldessin, Trapeze 1965, est. $38,000-48,000. ‘Museum Piece’
Lot 26 – Ray Crooke, Arrival Toberua, est. $35,000-45,000. Bula requires moolah
Lot 27 – Howard Arkley, The Yellow Green Room, est. $60,000-80,000. Sumptuous
Lot 28 – Garry Shead, Le Petit Déjeuner, est. $50,000-65,000. Parlez-vous Kangaroo?
Lot 40 – Frederick McCubbin, Looking North from Mount Macedon, 1906, est. $500,000-700,000. Total Fire Ban
Lot 45 – Arthur Streeton, Calm Morning, Sirius Cove 1907, est. $100,000-140,000. Smoke on the Water
Lot 45 – John Perceval, The Woodchopper, 1948, est. $100,000-140,000. ‘Gritty Perceval’
Lot 54 – John Perceval, Boy in the Night, 1965, est. $25,000-35,000. ‘Surreal Perceval’
Lot 70 – W.B. McInnes, Sydney Harbour, est. $5,000-7,000. Action packed
Lot 72 – Arthur Streeton, Interior, Olinda 1940, est. $40,000-60,000. Arthur’s intimate world
Lot 93 – David Keeling, Perfect World, 1998, est. $10,000-12,000. Very Pretty
Lot 111 – Euan Macleod, Study for Sculpture (Light on Dark), 2004, est. $2,500-3,500. Nice price
Lot 116 – Arthur Streeton, Liverpool Docks 1905, est. $12,000-16,000. I repeat, Arthur Streeton European watercolours are cheap, cheap, cheap. Yes, Liverpool is in Europe.
Viewing in person is from 14 to 20 March, 11 am to 6 pm, at 12 Todman Avenue, Kensington.
Contact us for due diligence and pre-purchase reports, bidding on the night and management of purchase if you are interested in a particular work.