Where do you find museum quality art? And does it need to be “museum quality”?
The simple answer is, it doesn’t. But most art bought through commercial galleries is simply decorative and will never be worth any more than its decorative value, which often equates to perhaps 20% of its retail price.
Museum quality art in Australia can be purchased for $5,000 or $500,000, if bought in the right place.
Guiding collectors through this minefield is our speciality, and we are there to assist you if and when an artwork catches your eye. In this way, we can help you avoid costly mistakes.
In their 11 May auction in Sydney, Menzies offer such works by John Peter Russell, Elioth Gruner, John Brack and Arthur Streeton, to name just a few from the 136 lots of Australian and international art.
Below is the latest selection of museum quality Dave’s Faves to enjoy from Menzies.
You can personally view the paintings and sculptures in Sydney from 4 to 10 May, at 12 Todman Avenue, and online in the Menzies website.
The Menzies fine art auction will be held also at 12 Todman Avenue, on Thursday, 11 May 2017, starting at 6.30 pm.
Lot 1 – John Peter Russell, Ligurian Hills in Snow 1913, est. $5,000-8,000. Leaves a lasting impressionLot 5 – Elioth Gruner, A Summer’s Day, $20,000-30,000. Plein Air PassionLot 6 – Hans Heysen, Rural Landscape with Gums and Grazing Sheep, 1938, est. $10,000-15,000. The Sheep’s BackLot 10 – Lin Onus, Fish in Stream, est. $12,000-16,000. Minimal LinLot 18 – Charles Blackman, Bundeena 1985, est. $4,000-6,000. Bundeena beach – what a peachLot 24 – Margaret Preston, The Green Curtain, c 1918, est. $55,000-70,000. Margaret’s Modernist MagicLot 26 – Charles Blackman, Sweet Shop 1954, est. $80,000-100,000. I also like Aeroplane JellyLot 31 – Bronwyn Oliver, Acorn 2005, est. $70,000-90,000. No little AcornLot 44 – Arthur Streeton, South Head, Sydney, 1913-14, est. $200,000-260,000. Streets AheadLot 50 – John Brack, Nude in Profile, 1974, est. $320,000-380,000. Brack bares allLot 60 – Rick Amor, Remnant Pier with a Stormy Sky 2005, est. $65,000-85,000. A Pier without PeerLot 64 – Sidney Nolan, Kate Kelly pursued by Constable Fitzpatrick, c1945, est. $150,000-180,000. I’m sold on Forties NolansLot 79 – David Larwill, The Pose 2007, est. $4,000-5,000. No, not that “Blue Boy”Lot 108 – James R. Jackson, Sydney Harbour from Neutral Bay, est. $5,000-7,000. Jackson’s LandingLot 112 – Hans Heysen, Cotswolds, England 1934, est. $5,000-8,000. Luscious LightLot 135 – Brett Whiteley, Arc de Triomphe 1990, est. $4,000-6,000. Escaping Le Pen
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