Smith & Singer, Important Australian Art, Sydney, 21 Aug 2024, No. of Lots: 64

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1 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Colonial Poet Under Orange Tree (1979)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 152.5 x 122 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Orange Tree, Book and Bound Figure (1979)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 152.5 x 122.5 cm 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Bacchus Marsh (1977)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower left, 89 x 89 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Sailors Falls (1979)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower left, 86 x 96 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Acacia Sapling (1977)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower left, 106.7 x 101.5 cm 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Wattles (1977)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower right, 96.1 x 106.5 cm 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Summer Snow at Perisher (1976)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower left, 134.8 x 152.7 cm 		*** ***
8 Click here to view image Von Guerard, Johann Joseph Eugen

From Our Apartment in Collins Street, Melbourne 1854

Oil on card on board, signed 'E. V. Guerard' lower left; inscribed 'Von unserem Wohnung im Collins. St. bei Arkitecht Webb. 1854.' lower right, 15.7 x 25.2 cm 		*** ***
9 Click here to view image Chevalier, Nicholas

Mount William and Mount Nelson, Sierra Ranges 1862

Oil on board, signed, dated and inscribed 'Victoria Ranges / 10 May 1862 / Nc' lower right, 31 x 46 cm 		*** ***
10 Click here to view image Chevalier, Nicholas

Lake Colac and the Warrior's Hill, from Corangamorah 1863

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'N. Chevalier 1863' lower, 79 x 123 cm 		*** ***
11 Click here to view image Bull, Knut Geelmuyden

Hobart Town 1855

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'K Bull 1855' lower left, 55 x 81.5 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Fuller, Florence Ada

Portrait of a Child 1898

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'FA Fuller. / 1898' lower right, 46.5 x 40.5 cm 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

The Verandah 1987

Unique colour woodblock print on paper, inscribed '1/1' lower left; inscribed 'The Verandah' lower centre; signed and dated 'Cressida Campbell 87' lower right, 95 x 59 cm (image). frame: Graphic Art Mount, Sydney (label
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14 Click here to view image McCahon, Colin John

Domestic Landscape 1957

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'McCahon Jan 57' lower left; dated 'Feb 57' lower centre; signed, dated and inscribed 'Colin Mccahon / Domestic Landscape / Jan Feb August 1957' verso, 61.1 x 51.2 cm 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Klippel, Robert Edward

No. 724 (King of the West) 1988

18 ct gold, 6.5 ozs, unique, signed, dated and inscribed 'Rk.88. / 724' on base, 15 x 7 x 3.5 cm 		*** ***
16 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Landscape 1966

Gouache on paper on board, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower centre, 52 x 71 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Wimmera Landscape with Brolgas

Oil and tempera on composition board, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 91.5 x 122 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Green Heron (1983, cast later)

Bronze and painted eye, artist's proof from an edition of 5, plus artist's proofs, signed and inscribed 'brett whiteley / A.P.2' on base, 260.5 x 30 x 65 cm 		*** ***
19 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

The Breaking of the Drought, Oberon 1982

Oil, mixed media and collage on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed '“The breaking of the drought” Brett Whiteley Oberon 82' lower left, 86.5 x 87 cm 		*** ***
20 Click here to view image Tucker, Albert Lee

Explorer 1964

Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, signed and dated 'Tucker 64' lower left, 81.4 x 61 cm 		*** ***
21 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Ned Kelly: Crossing Bridge 1964

Oil on composition board, signed and dated '27 Oct 1964 / Nolan' lower left; signed 'N' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed 'Nolan / Crossing River 1964 / Sidney Nolan / (Ned Kelly Series) / To Lord Snow / 27th October 1964 / Nolan' verso, 122 x 152.8 cm 		*** ***
22 Click here to view image Kngwarreye, Emily Kame

Mourning (1991)

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, inscribed 'Commissioned by /Delmore'verso, 226 x 128.5 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Hanssen-Pigott, Gwyn

Exodus (1996)

Porcelain, 19 pieces, stamped with roundel on base (each), 13.3 x 182.5 x 12.1 cm (overall). Provenance: Gwyn Hanssen P
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24 Click here to view image Coburn, John

Trajectory 1968

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed 'Coburn' lower right, 151 x 304.5 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Bedford, Paddy Nyunkuny

Girrganyji The Brown Falcon Dreaming (2000)

Natural ochre pigments and synthetic polymer paint on binder on canvas, 180 x 150 cm 		*** ***
26 Click here to view image Bedford, Paddy Nyunkuny

Police Rock Hole (2002)

Natural ochre pigments and synthetic polymer paint on binder on canvas, 122 x 135 cm 		*** ***
27 Click here to view image Pugh, Clifton Ernest

A Feral Cat 1957

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'Clifton / June / '57' lower right; signed and inscribed 'A Feral Cat / Clifton Pugh / Cottles Bridge / Victoria' verso, 91 x 137 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Winkie Holding a Baby 1965

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated 'Perceval / '65' lower left, 61 x 50.8 cm 		*** ***
29 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Chalk Hill Landscape (1979)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams' lower left, 96.2 x 106.5 cm 		*** ***
30 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Swans Feeding at Williamstown 1989

Oil on canvas, signed 'Perceval' lower right, 92 x 123 cm 		*** ***
31 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Poinsettias and Red Apples (1981)

Oil on composition board, signed 'Olley' lower right, 75.9 x 116.4 cm 		*** ***
32 Click here to view image Fox, Emanuel Phillips

Muriel, Daughter of R.J. Larking, Esq. 1896

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'E. Phillips Fox / Aug 96' lower left, 105 x 59 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Martens, Conrad

Sydney from Lewis's Ground (1840)

Oil on canvas, 60 x 88 cm 		*** ***
34 Click here to view image Bunny, Rupert Charles Wulsten

Study for Endormies (Slumbering) (1904)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Rupert C W Bunny' lower right, 46 x 76.5 cm 		*** ***
35 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Auntie 1893

Oil on wood panel, signed and dated 'Arthur Streeton / 93' lower right, 76 x 32.3 cm 		*** ***
36 Click here to view image McCubbin, Frederick

Kathleen McCubbin (1908)

Oil on canvas, signed 'F McCubbin' lower left, 50.5 x 40 cm (oval) 		*** ***
37 Click here to view image Menpes, Mortimer L.

A Retainer of the Maharajah of Cutch (1903)

Oil on board, signed 'Mortimer Menpes' lower left, 41 x 33 cm 		*** ***
38 Click here to view image O'Brien, Justin Maurice

Dormition of the Virgin (1973-1974)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'O'Brien' upper right, 46 x 64 cm 		*** ***
39 Click here to view image O'Brien, Justin Maurice

Philomena (1978)

Pencil on paper, signed 'O'Brien' upper right, 45.5 x 32.5 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Olsen, John Henry

Paul Klee's Statement 1991

Watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper, inscribed '- 'All art is a memory of / Age old things - dark things whose fragments / live on in an artist' said Paul Klee' lower left; signed and dated 'John Olsen 91' lower right, 100 x 95 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Robinson, William Francis (Bill)

Goomoolahra Creek 2000

Pastel on paper, signed, dated and inscribed 'Goomoolahra Creek / William Robinson / 2000' lower left, 56 x 75 cm 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Nebuchadnezzar Dreaming of a Tree (1967)

Oil on board, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 108 x 113 cm 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Boyd, David

The Portrait 1970

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'David Boyd 1970' lower right, 122 x 152 cm 		*** ***
44 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

The Playground 1964

Oil on canvas on composition board, signed and dated 'Blackman 1964 Nov' lower right, 47 x 70 cm 		*** ***
45 Click here to view image Amor, Rick

The Runner 1988

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Rick Amor '88' lower right; dated 'Feb'verso, 81.5 x 112 cm 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Vassilieff, Danila Ivanovich

Children with Bicycle, Fitzroy (1949)

Oil on board, signed 'Vassilieff' lower right, 41.5 x 49.5 cm 		*** ***
47 Click here to view image Canning, Criss

Starry, Starry Night (2008)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Criss / Canning' lower right, 41 x 46 cm 		*** ***
48 Click here to view image Maguire, Timothy (Tim)

Untitled 20160203 2016

Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Maguire '16 / Untitled 20160203'verso, 160.5 x 148.5 cm 		*** ***
49 Click here to view image Frank, Dale Leonard

His deterioration mediated through countless other mediocre meaningless ailments that in reality only signaled the loss that comes with aging. A loss he grappled with, contradicted, was resigned, and rebelled against every day 2009

Varnish on canvas, signed and dated 'Dale Frank 2009'verso, 200 x 200 cm 		*** ***
50 Click here to view image Kelly, John

Man Lifting Cow (Large) 2017

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Klly 17' lower right, 180 x 200.5 cm 		*** ***
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