Menzies, Important Australian & International Art , Melbourne, 20 Nov 2024, No. of Lots: 123
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Namatjira, Albert
Near Mount Gillen, Central Australia, 1957Watercolour on paper, signed lower right: Albert Namatjira. bears date and inscription on backing verso: Near Mt Gillen/ Central Aust. 16 Feb. 1957. Provenance: Acquired from the artist, Olive Cuthbert, Victoria, 1957. Thence by descent, private collection, Victoria. Estate of the above., 25 x 35.5 cm |
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Beckett, Clarice Marjoribanks
(Naringal, Summer on the Plains), c1926-1928Oil on board, 41 x 30.5 cm |
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McCubbin, Frederick
Como, c1909Oil on canvas, signed lower left: F McCubbin, 25.5 x 45.5 cm |
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Lahey, Frances Vida
Wattle and Ifafa Lilies, 1956Oil on board, signed and dated lower right: V.Lahey./ 56., 45 x 35 cm |
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Davidson, Bessie Ellen
Still Life with PansiesOil on board, signed lower right: Bessie Davidson. signed and inscribed verso: Bessie Davidson/ 18 Boisonne/ Paris. Provenance: Private collection, France. Christie's, London, 30 November 1989, lot 174. Boronia Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso) . Private collection, Sydney ., 38.5 x 46 cm |
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Geach, Portia Stranston
Spanish DancerOil on canvas on board, signed lower right: Portia Geach., 30 x 22 cm |
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Spowers, Ethel Louise
Illustration to the Frog Prince, 1925Watercolour, pen and ink on paper, signed and dated lower right: El Spowers. 1925., 20 x 22 cm |
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Prout, John Skinner
A View of Sydney, c1842Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower left: Skinner Prout. bears inscription verso: John Skinner Prout/ (1806-1876) [sic]/ When young he went to Australia & resided at Sydney/ & Hobart./ View of Sydney & environs/ Signed. Provenance: Private collection. Christie's, Sydney, 1 October 1974, lot 18. Private collection, Melbourne. Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne., 27.5 x 38.5 cm |
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Martens, Conrad
Parsley Bay, Southside, View from the Botanical Gardens, Jan 7th 1840, 1840Oil on canvas, bears date and title on label attached verso, 21 x 30 cm |
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MacQueen, Kenneth Robertson
Mount Emlyn, c1950Watercolour on paper, signed lower left: Kenneth Macqueen. bears inscription verso: Society of Artists/ Mt. Emlyn/ 20 guineas. Provenance: Gift from the artist, private collection, Queensland, c1950s. Thence by descent, private collection, Victoria. Exhibited: (probably) Society of Artists, Education Department's Galleries, Sydney, September 1950 (as Mount Emlyn, Queensland). References: (probably) 'At Sydney Galleries: Society of Artists', Le Courrier Australien, Sydney, 8 September 1950, p.7 (as Mount Emlyn, Queensland), 39 x 48 cm |
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Namatjira, Albert
Mount Sonder, Central AustraliaWatercolour on paper, signed lower right: Albert Namatjira, 22 x 33 cm |
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Nolan, Sidney Robert
Burke at Cooper Creek, 1966Oil and crayon on paper, signed and dated lower left: nolan/ 1966. signed and dated verso: nolan/ July 1966. Provenance: Gift from Ford Australia, private collection, Melbourne, 1967. Thence by descent, private collection, California., 76 x 52 cm |
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Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield
Swan on Shoalhaven at SunsetOil on board, signed lower right: Arthur Boyd, 37.5 x 30 cm |
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Culliton, Lucy
Looking off Mt Painter, 2008Oil on canvas, signed and dated upper right: Culliton 08. signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'Looking off/ Mt Painter'/ Culliton 08/ Flinders. . Provenance: Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, 2008. Private collection, Sydney. Exhibited: On the Heysen Trail, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 14 November - 21 December 2008, 130 x 130 cm |
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Benjamin, Jason
It's Love that Surrounds You 3, 2002Oil on linen, signed, dated and inscribed verso: it's love that/ surrounds you - 3/ Oct '02/ Benjamin, 122 x 122 cm |
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Seton, Alexander (Alex)
Bags of... (Wish Fulfilment) Rest, 2007Wombeyan marble, cotton rope and inlaid tinted polyester resin, signed and dated to base: A Seton 07, 47 x 46 x 26 cm |
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Thorpe, Mackenzie
Sunshine on My Shoulder, 2007Bronze on marble base, edition: 8/15, signed, dated and numbered to back heel: © Thorpe 2007 8/15. stamped with artist's monogram to back heel. Provenance: Harvey Galleries, Sydney, 2007 (stock no.H10782). Private collection, Tasmania . Exhibited: Mackenzie Thorpe Exhibition 2007, Harvey Galleries, Sydney, 19 October - 8 November 2007, 117 x 142 x 56 cm |
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Armstrong, Bruce
Owl, conceived 2016, cast 2021Painted bronze on timber base, edition: Artist's Proof (edition of 7), signed with initials and numbered to base of owl: Ba Ap. Perrin Sculpture Foundry, Melbourne, stamp to base of owl. Provenance: The artist. Private collection, Melbourne. Private collection, Adelaide. Related Works: The Big Powerful Owl 2011 (also known as Belco Owl), painted steel and hardwood, 800 cm height, Australian Capital Territory Government collection, Canberra (displayed on the corner of Belconnen Way and Benjamin Way, Belconnen), 170 x 40 x 40 cm |
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Barton, Del Kathryn
Feel the Earth, Deeply, 2019Oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen in hand-painted artist's frame, signed lower centre: - del/ kathryn/ barton -. dated and inscribed lower left: feel/ the/ earth, deeply/ 2019 -. Provenance: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2019 (label attached verso). Private collection, Sydney. Deutscher + Hackett, Sydney, 4 May 2022, lot 39. Private collection, Adelaide. Exhibited: Del Kathryn Barton: I Wanted to Build a Bed for All the Tired Beds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 3-25 October 2019, cat.8, 102 x 81.5 cm |
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Halpern, Deborah Dorothy
Queen, 2008Glass and ceramic mosaic on fibreglass and steel, signed to base: Deborah D. Halpern, 197 x 96 x 87 cm |
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Gascoigne, Rosalie Norah King
The Teaparty, 1980Weathered wooden apiary box, plastic carnival sideshow dolls and wings, rusted enameled ..., 82 x 35 x 19 cm |
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Canning, Criss
Hippeastrums with Horn Vase, 1995Oil on canvas, signed lower left: Criss/ Canning., 57.5 x 44.5 cm |
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Olley, Margaret Hannah
The Lindens' Lemons, 1990Oil on board, signed lower right: Olley, 77 x 107.5 cm |
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Spowers, Ethel Louise
The Battle, 1933Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: E. L. Spowers. 1933. bears inscription on frame verso: 17/ The Battle/ E.L. Spowers/ Return to Mrs H.W. Parbury/ 10 guineas . frame: original, Thomas Whitelaw & Co., Melbourne (label attached verso). Provenance: Mrs Celia Parbury (the artist's sister), Melbourne. Thence by descent, private collection, Victoria. Exhibited: Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Members of the Contemporary Art Group, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 31 July - 11 August 1934, cat.53, 10 gns. Memorial Exhibition by Ethel Spowers, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 7-16 September 1948, cat.17 (as Children Playing, lent by Mrs H. W. Parbury). References: Young, B., 'Changing Outlook of Modern Art,' The Herald, Melbourne, 30 July 1934, p.15 (illus.). Coppel, S., Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia, United Kingdom, 1995, p.170. Keats, J., 'The Battle', Ethel Spowers 1890-1947 [digital catalogue raisonné], accessed October 2024, https://ethelspowers.com/the-battle/. Related Works: The Rocking Horse 1926, watercolour on paper, dimensions unknown; illus. in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 1 June 1926, p.12. The Rocking Horse 1927, colour linocut, 20 x 22 cm, one example (no. 6) held in a private collection, Melbourne., 41.5 x 41.5 cm |
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Amor, Rick
The Agent II, 2021Oil on linen, signed and dated lower left: Rick Amor '21. inscribed and dated verso: The Agent/ II/ Ap 21/ May/ 100x97. Provenance: Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2021 (label attached verso, stock no.22523). Private collection, Sydney. Exhibited: Niagara Galleries at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, 9-12 September 2021 (label attached verso). Related Works: The Agent 2019, oil on canvas, 81 x 117 cm, private collection, 100.5 x 97 cm |
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Zavros, Michael
Omega Knight/Encyclopaedia of the Horse, 2004Oil on canvas, signed with initials and dated lower right: Mz '04, 180 x 150 cm |
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Storrier, Timothy Austin (Tim)
The Night RunnerSynthetic polymer paint on linen, signed lower right: Storrier . signed and inscribed on stretcher verso: The Night Runner/ 100x120cm/ Acrylic on canvas/ Storrier . Provenance: The artist. Private collection, New South Wales. Related Works: Mandalay 1989, oil on canvas, 212 x 283 cm; illus. in Capon, E. & Wright, W., Tim Storrier: Moments, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2009, p.162, 100 x 120 cm |
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Onus, Lin
Summertime, 1994Synthetic polymer paint on card, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from The Estate of Lin Onus, Melbourne (attached verso), 20 x 63 cm |
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Bennett, Gordon
Camouflage #4, 2003Synthetic polymer paint on linen, signed, dated and inscribed verso: G Bennett 26 Feb 2003 / Camouflage #4 182.5 x 152 cms/ Acrylic on linen, 183 x 152 cm |
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Watson, Tommy
Walunja, 2014Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears inscription verso: Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson #TW2014101. accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Yanda Aboriginal Art, Northern Territory. Provenance: Yanda Aboriginal Art, Northern Territory (stock no.TW2014101). Art Index, Sydney . Private collection, Canberra ., 160 x 358 cm |
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Fairweather, Ian
(Mother and Child), 1958Gouache on cardboard, provenance: Private collection, Brisbane. Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Private collection, Melbourne. Ruth Prowse Collection, Canberra. Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne. Exhibited: Ian Fairweather, Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Melbourne, 19-29 August 1958, cat.19 (illus. exhibition catalogue, as Figures). Ian Fairweather, 1891-1974: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 19 May - 14 June 1984, cat.59 (label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue, p.27, pl.59). Ian Fairweather: Paintings and Drawings, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 3-24 October 1985, cat.38 (label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue, pl.11) . Blue Chip XIV: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 6 March - 28 April 2012, cat.3 (label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue). Blue Chip XX: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 6 March - 7 April 2018, cat.25 (label attached verso, illus. exhibition catalogue). Niagara Galleries at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, 13-16 September 2018 (label attached verso). Blue Chip XXIII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 24 March - 17 April 2021, cat.27 (illus. exhibition catalogue)., 52.5 x 37 cm |
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Perceval, John De Burgh
Autumn Pruning, 1964Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Perceval/ Autumn 64. signed, dated and inscribed verso: 4A/ Autumn/ Pruning 1964/ Perceval . signed on stretcher verso: Perceval 30. Provenance: (possibly) South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne. Private collection, Melbourne . Thence by descent, private collection, California ., 76 x 94 cm |
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Shead, Garry
Monarchy at Sunset, 1995Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: Garry Shead 95. signed and inscribed verso: to Lyall Burton Gallery Small Monarchy At Sunset Garry Shead. Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne. Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney. The Estate of Eva Breuer, Sydney. Menzies, Sydney, 26 March 2015, lot 73. Private collection, Melbourne. References: Grishin, S., Garry Shead: Encounters with Royalty, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998, pp.27, 36, 107 (illus. p.37, pl.3), 76 x 91 cm |
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Nolan, Sidney Robert
Luna Park, 1945Ripolin on board, signed with initial, dated and inscribed lower centre: Luna Park/ 6.7.45 N. . dated and inscribed verso: 1945/ Luna Park/ Ka No 28. sketch of pine trees and roller coaster verso. Provenance: Private collection. Christie's, Melbourne, 2 May 2002, lot 69A. Private collection, Melbourne., 61 x 72.5 cm |
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Dickerson, Robert Henry (Bob)
In the Birdcage, 2002Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed lower right: Dickerson. signed and inscribed on stretcher verso: Robert Dickerson in The Birdcage 120x180cm Acrylic On Canvas. Provenance: Greenhill Galleries, Perth. Private collection, Perth. Acquired from the above, private collection, Melbourne. Art Index, Sydney, 2021. Private collection, Sydney . Exhibited: Robert Dickerson, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 3-28 September 2002, cat.2 (illus. exhibition catalogue), 120 x 180 cm |
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Storrier, Timothy Austin (Tim)
Waterline (Sundown Run), 2001Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed lower right: Storrier, 106.5 x 234.5 cm |
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Valdes, Manolo
Reina Mariana, 2004Bronze, edition: 1/9, signed with initials and numbered to base: Mv 1/9. accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Opera Gallery, Paris. Provenance: Opera Gallery, Paris, 2015. Private collection, Melbourne. Exhibited: Les Ménines de Valdés, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, 6 June - 20 July 2005; Pelikanplatz, Zurich, 25 July - 30 September 2005; Paseo de Los Alamos y Plaza de La Escandalera, Ovideo, October - December 2005 (illus. exhibition catalogue, another example), 170 x 130 x 90 cm |
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Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson
The Cable Coils, 2000-01Oil on linen, signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart, 80 x 125 cm |
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Indiana, Robert
Hope (Blue/Red), 2009Polychrome aluminium, edition of 8, signed and dated to base: © R. Indiana 2009. stamped with artist's monogram to base. Provenance: The Estate of Robert Indiana, Maine . Private collection, New York. Private collection, Melbourne., 92 x 92 x 46 cm |
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Tucker, Albert Lee
Luna Park, 1987Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed and dated lower right: Tucker 87. signed and inscribed verso: For Barbara Tucker/ - Albert Tucker/ For Barbara/ Albert Tucker . inscribed on stretcher verso: Luna Park 80036/ 96.5/ 127/ cm . Provenance: Gift from the artist, Barbara Tucker, Melbourne. Sotheby's Australia, 2010 [private sale] . Private collection, Sydney. Acquired from the above, company collection, Sydney, 2018 . Private collection, New South Wales. Exhibited: Albert Tucker: The Mythologies & Images, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 26 June - 13 July 1990; Savill Galleries, Sydney, 1-18 August 1990, cat.79 (illus. exhibition catalogue, p.58). Albert Tucker: Images of Modern Evil, The Australian Club, Melbourne, 6 July - 1 October 2010, cat.2. References: Fry, G., Albert Tucker, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, p.212 (illus.). The Australian Club Exhibitions and Selected Works from the Collection: Volume 2, The Australian Club, Melbourne, 2014, p.126 (illus.). We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Geoffrey Smith, Chairman, Smith & Singer, with cataloguing this work., 97.5 x 126.5 cm |
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Storrier, Timothy Austin (Tim)
Night Wind (on Waning Moon), 2010Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed lower right: Storrier. signed and inscribed on stretcher verso: Night Wind (on waning moon)/ Storrier. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, 2011. Acquired from the above, company collection, Sydney, 2016 . Private collection, New South Wales., 152 x 305 cm |
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Piguenit, William Charles
Mt Byron, Lake Petrarch, TasmaniaOil on canvas, signed lower left: W.C. Piguenit. frame: original, Henry W. Callan and Son, Sydney (label attached verso). Provenance: Mrs Jessie Stanfield, Hobart. Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne . References: (possibly) 'Mr. W. C. Piguenit's New Picture', The Mercury, Hobart, 23 September 1876, p.2. (possibly) 'Opening of the Launceston Exhibition', The Coastal News and North Western Advertiser, Tasmania, 28 November 1891, p.3. (possibly) 'The Mercury: Epitome of News', The Mercury, Hobart, 10 April 1891, p.2. (possibly) 'Fine Oil Painting', The Examiner, Launceston, 8 November 1904, p.4. Related Works: Lake Petrarch, Mount Byron Vale of Cuvier, Tasmania 1888, oil on compressed card, 32 x 52.5 cm, private collection, 77 x 128 cm |
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Lindsay, Norman Alfred William
The Lute Player, c1924Oil on canvas, signed lower left: Norman Lindsay, 92 x 100.5 cm |
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Olley, Margaret Hannah
Wallflowers and Quinces, 2000Oil on board, signed lower right: Olley, 66.5 x 91.5 cm |
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Olley, Margaret Hannah
Proteas and Desert Roses, 1980Oil on board, signed lower right: Olley, Savill Galleries, Sydney, label attached verso (stock no.207088), 75 x 121 cm |
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Olsen, John Henry
The Day the Flowers Blossomed, 1967Oil on board, 121 x 90 cm |
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Shead, Garry
The Artistic Muse (Rembrandt), 2003Oil on board, signed and dated lower right: Garry Shead/ 2003. inscribed verso: 'The Artistic Muse'. Provenance: Private collection, New South Wales. Menzies, Sydney, 26 March 2015, lot 32. Private collection, Melbourne., 121 x 121 cm |
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Shead, Garry
Artist and the Muse in StudioOil on board, signed lower right: Garry Shead. inscribed on frame verso: Artist & The Muse in Studio. Provenance: Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney. Menzies, Melbourne, 25 June 2015, lot 46. Private collection, Melbourne., 76 x 56.5 cm |
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Blackman, Charles Raymond
(Nude with Flowers), 1971Oil on canvas, signed and dated upper right: Blackman 71, 137 x 168 cm |
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Dickerson, Robert Henry (Bob)
Man Walking (Shoalhaven), 1998Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed lower right: Dickerson, 90.5 x 120 cm |
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