• Auction 14236

    Australian Art

    14 December 2017, London

    SALE TOTAL: 630,500 (GBP)
25 Lots for Sale 14236
Lot 1
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Sketch for Ned Kelly
oil on board
10 x 12in. (25.4 x 30.5cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($40,140 - $66,900)

price realized
£143,750
($192,912)
Lot 2
Ethel Carrick Fox (1882-1952)
Sur la Plage
oil on board
10 5/8 x 13 ¾in. (27 x 35cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($53,520 - $80,280)

price realized
£118,750
($159,362)
Lot 3
Thomas (Tom) William Roberts (1856-1931)
Major Peter Henson Bancroft
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,380 - $20,070)

price realized
£12,500
($16,775)
Lot 5
Perceval (Percy) Charles Lindsay (1870-1952)
About Campbelltown, NSW
oil on card
9 ¾ x 7 ¾in. (24.5 x 19.7cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,338 - $2,007)

price realized
£2,750
($3,690)
Lot 6
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
Early Morning, Augusta (Western Australia)
pencil and watercolour on paper
11 x 15in. (28 x 38.1cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,007 - $2,676)

price realized
£2,750
($3,690)
Lot 7
Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd (1920-1999)
Behind Rye, Victoria
oil on canvas
20 ¼ x 24 ½in. (52 x 62.3cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,380 - $20,070)

price realized
£17,500
($23,485)
Lot 8
Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917)
The Yarra from Kensington Road, South Yarra
oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 30in. (51.7 x 76.5cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($133,799 - $200,699)

price realized
£150,000
($201,300)
Lot 11
Louis Abrahams (1852-1903)
Julie Abrahams, the artist's daughter
oil on canvas
oval
11 ¾ x 9 ½in. (29.8 x 24.2cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,338 - $2,007)

price realized
£875
($1,174)
Lot 12
Louis Abrahams (1852-1903)
A sketchbook including figure studies, portraits, académies, caricatures,...
pencil, sanguine, white chalk, and grey wash on paper
on sixty-four sheets, oblong 8° (101 x 159mm.) diapered sheep, salmon endpapers, pocket to front (spine split, but firm, edges lightly rubbed)
with a loosely inserted brown wash drawing (a postcard to 'L Abrahams Esq 'Katoomba' Burnett St St Kilda' postmarked 'Melbourne DE 26 99'), probably by John Mather, depicting an artist (probably Abrahams) sketching by a river, with date '84' (lower right), and a photograph
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,352 - $8,028)

price realized
£4,375
($5,871)
Lot 13
Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917)
The Maribyrnong River and Malakoff Castle, Melbourne
oil on canvas
7¼ x 14in. (18.6 x 35.6cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,690 - $9,366)

price realized
£11,250
($15,097)
Lot 14
John Mather (1848-1916)
A view across Melbourne
pencil and watercolour on paper
6 ½ x 13 ¾in. (16.5 x 34.9cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,070 - $1,605)

price realized
£875
($1,174)
Lot 15
Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917)
Harry Abrahams
oil on canvas
26 x 20in. (66.1 x 50.8cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,690 - $9,366)

price realized
£12,500
($16,775)
Lot 16
Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917)
The Slipway, Williamstown
oil on canvas-board
9½ x 13in. (24.1 x 33cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,760 - $40,140)

price realized
£56,250
($75,487)
Lot 17
Guy Edward Grey-Smith (1908-1981)
Rottnest Island
oil on board
39 x 48in. (99.1 x 122cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,760 - $40,140)

price realized
£22,500
($30,195)
Lot 19
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Kelly, 1961
ripolin on paper
25 1/8 x 20 ½in. (63.8 x 52.1cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,704 - $16,056)

price realized
£12,500
($16,775)
Lot 22
Sir Hans Heysen (1877-1968)
Sheep grazing under gum trees
pastel on brown paper
15 ¾ x 12 5/8in. (40.2 x 32cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,676 - $4,014)

price realized
£5,625
($7,548)
Lot 23
Perceval (Percy) Charles Lindsay (1870-1952)
On the Hawkesbury at Sackville
oil on card
9 ¼ x 12 ½in. (23.4 x 38.1cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,007 - $2,676)

price realized
£1,625
($2,180)
Lot 24
Timothy Maguire (b.1958)
Untitled 20020506
oil on canvas
47 ¼ x 39 3/8in. (120 x 100cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,704 - $16,056)

price realized
£10,000
($13,420)
Lot 29
John Henry Olsen (b.1928)
Portrait of Robert Hughes
mixed media on card
19 ½ x 25 5/8in. (49.5 x 65cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,380 - $20,070)

price realized
£18,750
($25,162)
Lot 30
James Ranalph Jackson (1882-1975)
Summer Morning, Sydney Harbour
oil on canvas
18 x 22in. (45.7 x 55.9cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,352 - $8,028)

price realized
£13,750
($18,452)
Lot 31
William Rubery Bennett (1893-1987)
Sunlit coastal scene
oil on canvas
10 x 12in. (25.4 x 30.5cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,338 - $2,007)

price realized
£1,375
($1,845)
Lot 32
Perceval (Percy) Charles Lindsay (1870-1952)
Morning in Neutral Bay, Sydney
oil on board
8 ½ x 11 ½in. (21.7 x 29.2cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,676 - $4,014)

price realized
£2,125
($2,851)
Lot 33
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Convict and Mrs Fraser
mixed media on paper
9 ¾ x 11 ¾in. (24.8 x 29.9cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,676 - $4,014)

price realized
£2,500
($3,355)
Lot 34
Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (1915-1989)
The Art of War
pen and ink, watercolour and gold leaf on paper
unframed
16 ½ x 20 ¼in. (42 x 51.4cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,338 - $2,676)

price realized
£875
($1,174)
Lot 35
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Ned Kelly
frottage and black wash on coated paper
12 x 9 ¾in. (30.4 x 24.8cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,014 - $6,690)

price realized
£4,750
($6,374)
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