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Auction Preview: International Art Centre, Auckland, Important & Rare Art, 26 November 2024.

Supplied, 15 November 2024 // Exclusive to the AASD

Charles Goldie’s 1938 portrait of Wharekauri Tahuna is nothing short of an artistic tour de force. In his execution of this work, Goldie deployed the technical finesse which he had perfected over the course of an entire career to maximum effect, allowing him to powerfully express the likeness and mana of Wharekauri Tahuna. This masterful composition titled, Thoughts of a Tohunga: Wharekauri Tahuna a Chieftain of the T?hoe Tribe, 1938 (Lot 32) by C F Goldie is set to headline International Art Centre’s Important & Rare Art auction on the 26th of November. 

Auction Preview: Menzies Art Brands, Important Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 20 November 2024.

By Richard Brewster on 11 November 2024 // Exclusive to the AASD

Another Australian auction first among the 123 lots, with a total low estimate of $4.84 million, is the appearance of Spanish sculptor Manolo Valdes, who is now 82 years old.  His show-stopping monumental bronze Reina Mariana 2004 (lot 37), with a $400,000-$600,000 estimate, was inspired by Diego Velazquez’s official Portrait of Mariana of Austria (1652-53) – while Valdes’s various works of the Spanish-born Austrian queen (1634-1696) have become true contemporary European art icons, with one prominent example in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao collection.

Auction Preview: First Nations Fine Art Auction, 12 November 2024

Supplied, 30 October 2024 // Exclusive to the AASD

Art Leven's First Nations Fine Art Auction, on 12 November 2024,  will be the inaugural offering under the new Art Leven banner, showcasing the continuing evolution of the oldest exhibiting First Nations-focused fine art gallery and only such specialised auction house in Australia.

Art Leven continues to honour the legacy of Cooee Art, which was founded by Adrian Newstead and Louise Ferrier in 1981.

The November First Nations Fine Art Auction, from Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) will be the inaugural offering under the Art Leven banner. Held on 12 November 2024 the auction will showcase the continuing evolution of the oldest exhibiting First Nations-focused fine art gallery and only such specialised auction house in Australia. Art Leven continues to honour the legacy of Cooee Art, which was founded by Adrian Newstead and Louise Ferrier in 1981.

 

Oil painting of Maori elder expected to bring $3 million at auction

28 October 2024

A painting of a M?ori elder is expected to bring a record price and become one of the most expensive oil paintings in New Zealand history. Commentators believe Thoughts of a Tohunga, painted by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie in 1938, could bring up to $3 million at an auction next month. This would make it the most expensive oil painting ever sold in New Zealand.

Auction Review: The Dr. Jane Lennon Collection (Art lots only), Leski Auctions, Melbourne, 20 October 2024.

By Richard Brewster on 21 October 2024 // Exclusive to the AASD

The scene depicted was largely destroyed in the Great Port Adelaide Fire of November 1857 in a blaze covering several acres that wiped out half the area and almost its entire commercial district including three hotels, 12 shops, one bank, 16 cottages, two stables and several outbuildings. Frank was the son of William Hankey (1807-1872), a scion of the Hankey mercantile and banking dynasty in London, and arrived in Adelaide on board the Madras on January 11, 1855 with Samuel Francis White, a principal of their families joint London mercantile firm Dauglish, White & Hankey – which possessed interests in Australian mining and communications and large commercial interests in the colony. By the mid-1860s, Frank had settled in Sydney where he served several lengthy jail terms for forgery, despite inheriting princely sums from his father’s estate – engendered largely by his love of expensive living.

 

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Forthcoming Auctions

Thoughts of a Tohunga: Wharekauri Tahuna a Chieftain of the Tuhoe Tribe, 1938
Charles Frederick Goldie, Thoughts of a Tohunga: Wharekauri Tahuna a Chieftain of the Tuhoe Tribe, 1938, 76.5 x 61.2 cm, to be offered by International Art Centre Auckland 26/11/2024, Lot No. 32, Est: $2,500,000-3,500,000

Completed Auctions

Morning Glory
Qi Baishi, Morning Glory, 101.5 x 34 cm, sold by Bonhams Sydney 13/11/2024, Lot No. 23, Price: A$67,650
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