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posted 11 October 2014
After a few minutes on the phone with the vendor it sounded like something special. Within an hour, Damian and I were standing in the owner's house looking at this gem of a painting which had been out of sight for a generation. This recently rediscovered 1929 painting by Margaret Preston had belonged to soldier, poet, journalist Leon Gellert. Through Gellert's newspaper columns Damian pieced...
posted 11 October 2014
The auction realised $6.7 million with high clearance rates of 93% by value and 82% by volume.
The 143 lot sale included a wide and interesting range of high quality local consignments, many being offered at auction for the first time. Of particular note, a new auction record was set for the late Jeffrey Smart with the sale of Self Portrait at Papini's for a record $1.26 m (including buyer's...
posted 11 October 2014
Following decades of dealer experience in Australia, we have built many longstanding and trusting client relationships. Lex Aitken's consignment in Sydney of his substantial collection of works by the British abstractionist Bridget Riley, August 2013, demonstrated his belief and trust in our ability to reach international markets and achieve truly international prices from Australia. The sale of...
posted 10 October 2014
'Australia led the pack of the top 10 most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in August, according to the artnet Price Database.'
Jeffrey Smart, an Adelaide-born painter who died last year in Italy at age 91, took second and third place of the top 10.
In the final week of summer's official third month, Deutscher and Hackett, with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, sold Smart's Self...
