The Menzies fine art auction on 28th June offers a tantalising display with museum quality art by many of Australia’s most distinguished artists performing at their best.
The cover lot is one of the largest Fred Williams paintings you are likely to see and highly impressive, well actually, immersive: “Kew Billabong” dates from 1976 and carries estimates of $1 million to $1.2 million, the highest in this sale.
Other delights include an early Jeffrey Smart, “The Bather, Bondi”, 1962, estimated at $300,000-$400,000, two abstract paintings by the currently very popular Sally Gabori, and a striking and unusual snow landscape by Arthur Boyd, as well as an ethereal Sidney Nolan “Bunch of Wildflowers” estimated at $4,000 to $6,000.
You can view the offering in Melbourne from 15 – 18 June at the Menzies gallery at 1 Darling Street, South Yarra.
In Sydney, the preview is on from 22 – 27 June, at 12 Todman Avenue, Kensington.
The auction is held on Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 6.30 pm, at the Menzies premises in Sydney.
If you are interested in any of the lots, contact us now for pre-sale due diligence and research, astute bidding on the night and after-sale assistance.
And ask about our art valuation services, if you require an accurate assessment of the actual value of your collection.
And here are Dave’s Faves for the Menzies winter fine art auction:
Lot 5 – Ray Crooke, Island Still Life. Oil on canvas, 91 x 122.5 cm, est. $30,000-$40,000. Drape and Escape
Lot 6 – Arthur Boyd, Snow Landscape, Hampstead, c1962. Oil, 63.5 x 76 cm, est. $40,000-$60,000. Baby, it’s cold outside.
Lot 16 – Arthur Boyd, Bride in Landscape c1967. Oil, 108.5 x 114 cm, est. $70,000-$90,000. Here went the Bride
Lot 18 – Garry Shead, The Cliff 1992. Oil on board, 89 x 120 cm, est. $50,000-$70,000. Aussie in Flagrante
Lot 22 – Arthur Boyd, Pulpit Rock with Reflection c1990. Oil on canvas, 92 x 107 cm, estimate $100,000-$150,000. Preaching to the Converted
Lot 24 – Fred Williams, You Yangs Landscape (Second Series), 1966. Oil on canvas, 64 x 43.5 cm, estimate $200,000-$300,000. Right Said Fred
Lot 25 – Jeffrey Smart, The Bather, Bondi 1962. Oil, 49 x 72 cm, est. $300,000-$400,000. The Strip Joint
Lot 26 – Fred Williams, Kew Billabong 1976. Oil, 122.5 x 182.5 cm. Join the Kew
Lot 28 – John Olsen, (Four Frogs), 2004-05. Bronze, est. $50,000-$70,000. Frogfest
Lot 33 – Tim Maguire, Untitled, 1993. Oil on paper on sized canvas, 196 x 196 cm, est. $60,000-$80,000. Wall Power
Lot 34 – Sally Gabori, My Country 2007. Polymer paint, 151 x 135 cm, est. $20,000-30,000. Hot to Trot
Lot 38 – Robert Owen, Afternoon Glow #2 (The Text of Light Series) 2003. Polymer paint, 198 x 198 cm, est. $25,000-$35,000. Own an Owen
Lot 45 – Philip Hunter, Wave & Cloud 2010-11. Oil, 122.5 x 107 cm, est. $20,000-$30,000. Fillip or Philip?
Lot 48 – Paul Ryan, Lieutenant Fieldsy 2021. Oil, 122 x 112 cm, est. $7,000-$9,000. What’s a Vape?
Lot 53 – Brook Andrew, Sexy and Dangerous II 1997 (printed 2006). Duraclear print on perspex, 144.5 x 108 cm, est. $35,000-$45,000. The Bold and the Beautiful
Lot 59 – Russell Drysdale, Still Life in a Landscape 1941. Ink, watercolour & gouache, 38 x 49 cm, est. $25,000-$35,000. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Lot 61 – Brett Whiteley, Abstract, Still Life 1958. Oil, 15.5 x 37 cm, est. $22,000-28,000. Will You or Whiteley?
Lot 70 – Hans Heysen, Flinders Ranges. Watercolour, 16 x 23 cm, est. $4,000-$6,000. I Love a Sunburnt Country
Lot 75 – Margaret Olley, Wewak 1968. Oil on board, 61 x 76 cm, estimate $10,000-$15,000. Friends with Ferns
Lot 84 – Charles Blackman, Girl and Boat 1957. Oil on glass on board, 37 x 51.5 cm, est. $18,000-$25,000. Das Boot
Lot 94 – Yvonne Audette, The Tree Fern 1990. Gouache and ink, 28 x 38 cm, est. $5,000-$7,000. Audacious Audette
Lot 102 – Sidney Nolan, Bunch of Wildflowers. Oil on paper, 52 x 63.5 cm, est. $4,000-$6,000. Flowery Finesse
