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Robert Campbell Jnr’s Shooting the Blacks (Lot 6) achieved the highest result of the evening at $80,000 hammer ($100,000 including Buyer’s Premium), more than doubling its estimate and setting a new auction record for the artist.
Opening the auction are two iconic photographs by Marti Friedlander, whose images helped shape the visual identity of New Zealand life in the twentieth century. Mt Eden (Lot 1), a vintage silver gelatin print reproduced in Leonard Bell’s major publication on the artist, highlights Friedlander’s ability to elevate an everyday urban scene into something quietly evocative and deeply human. Alongside it, Lois McIvor, Auckland, c.1976 (Lot 2) captures the New Zealand artist in an intimate and thoughtful portrait, reflecting Friedlander’s longstanding interest in artists, writers and the creative communities she moved within. Together, the two photographs provide a strong and fitting introduction to an auction celebrating the achievements and perspectives of women artists.
Gibson’s Australian & International Art auction is due to be auctioned on the Sunday 17th May from 12pm. The multi-vendor auction features a broad range of artworks by esteemed artists including Albert Namatijira, Norman Lindsay, Hans Hesyen, Roy De Maistre, Arthur Boyd, Peter Booth, James Gleeson, Ray Crooke, Robert Juniper, Alma Figuerola, AME Bale, Esther Patterson, Jon Cattapan and Russell Drysdale. Featuring artworks from Carolyn Fels collection and well-loved local ABC radio presenter, writer and founder of fortyfivedownstairs Mary Lou Jelbart AM.
Art Leven’s forthcoming First Nations & Australian Fine Art Auction brings together 115 works spanning major movements in both First Nations and Australian art. Anchored by works from the collection of Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, the sale reflects decades of deeply personal collecting, shaped through relationships with artists and sustained engagement with communities across the continent.
Breaking with tradition, Menzies’ May sale of 120 lots of Important Australian and International Art was only previewed to audiences in Melbourne, with the company deciding earlier this year to reduce operations in their longstanding Sydney office. Touted as a “decisive step into the digital world”, this change seemed to have had little immediate effect, with the auction producing strong results on the night, totalling over $6m and achieving clearance rates of 89.2% by volume.
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