George Joseph Victor Baldessin, 1939-78 has 280 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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George Joseph Victor Baldessin, 1939-78, Australia, Britain, Europe.

George Baldessin was born in Italy in 1939 and came to Australia as a child. Between the years 1958 and 1961 he studied painting at RMIT. In 1962, he left Australia to study at the Chelsea School of Art, London. One of the most significant passages in his creative development was the eight months spent at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan. Upon his return to Melbourne, Baldessin held his first solo exhibition at the Argus Gallery which launched him as one of Australia's foremost contemporary sculptors. In 1965 he completed Trapeze, in which the Milanese influence can clearly be seen. A prodigious talent, Baldessin is also regarded as a master printmaker. He frequently used his etchings as a point of departure for his sculpture. His work exhibits a fascination with the human body, not as an idealised form, but as vulnerable, disjointed and anonymous individuals. Baldessin met with an early and tragic death on 9 August 1978 when he was killed in a motor accident on his way home to his St Andrews property. To perpetuate his memory and influence, George Baldessin's mother bequeathed in her will a sum of money to commission a portrait of her son to be presented to the National Gallery in Canberra. The estate agreed that a more fitting memorial to Baldessin would be to cast a strictly limited edition of bronzes from this work, Trapeze of 1965. One of these casts is in the National Gallery of Australia. Proceeds from the sale of the present work will establish a scholarship to benefit graduating sculpture students.

Top Five Sale Prices

George Joseph Victor Baldessin, Silver Glance Recurring, low-relief aluminium sculpture in four panels, 93.5 x 78 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30/04/02

George Baldessin, Trapeze 1965, bronze, ed: 2/4, inscribed 'Victorian College of the Arts Foundry Edition 4 No. 2', height: 172 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 22/11/98

George Baldessin, Trapeze 1965, bronze, edition, 4/4, inscribed, 'Victorian College of the Arts Foundry Edition 4 No. 4', 172 cm height, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 23/08/99

George Baldessin, Personage at Window, sculptured and etched metal, unsigned, 101 cm height, 90.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 12/04/89

George Baldessin, Occasional Images from a City Chamber 1975, etching on silver foil on paper (triptych), edition 3/5, signed and dated lower right in pencil, George Baldessin 75, numbered lower left in pencil, edition 3/5, 101 x 50.5 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 24/11/99

The table below shows the number of works of art by George Joseph Victor Baldessin offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.

Medium Offered Sold

Paintings 9 7

Works on Paper 14 7

Prints & Graphics 245 160

Objects 12 8

The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 300,000 works by more than 11,400 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available.
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George Joseph Victor Baldessin, 1939-78, Australia, Britain, Europe.
George Baldessin was born in Italy in 1939 and came to Australia as a child. Between the years 1958 and 1961 he studied painting at RMIT. In 1962, he left Australia to study at the Chelsea School of Art, London. One of the most significant passages in his creative development was the eight months spent at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan. Upon his return to Melbourne, Baldessin held his first solo exhibition at the Argus Gallery which launched him as one of Australia's foremost contemporary sculptors. In 1965 he completed Trapeze, in which the Milanese influence can clearly be seen. A prodigious talent, Baldessin is also regarded as a master printmaker. He frequently used his etchings as a point of departure for his sculpture. His work exhibits a fascination with the human body, not as an idealised form, but as vulnerable, disjointed and anonymous individuals. Baldessin met with an early and tragic death on 9 August 1978 when he was killed in a motor accident on his way home to his St Andrews property. To perpetuate his memory and influence, George Baldessin's mother bequeathed in her will a sum of money to commission a portrait of her son to be presented to the National Gallery in Canberra. The estate agreed that a more fitting memorial to Baldessin would be to cast a strictly limited edition of bronzes from this work, Trapeze of 1965. One of these casts is in the National Gallery of Australia. Proceeds from the sale of the present work will establish a scholarship to benefit graduating sculpture students.
Top Five Sale Prices
George Joseph Victor Baldessin, Silver Glance Recurring, low-relief aluminium sculpture in four panels, 93.5 x 78 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30/04/02
George Baldessin, Trapeze 1965, bronze, ed: 2/4, inscribed 'Victorian College of the Arts Foundry Edition 4 No. 2', height: 172 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 22/11/98
George Baldessin, Trapeze 1965, bronze, edition, 4/4, inscribed, 'Victorian College of the Arts Foundry Edition 4 No. 4', 172 cm height, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 23/08/99
George Baldessin, Personage at Window, sculptured and etched metal, unsigned, 101 cm height, 90.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 12/04/89
George Baldessin, Occasional Images from a City Chamber 1975, etching on silver foil on paper (triptych), edition 3/5, signed and dated lower right in pencil, George Baldessin 75, numbered lower left in pencil, edition 3/5, 101 x 50.5 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 24/11/99
The table below shows the number of works of art by George Joseph Victor Baldessin offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.
Medium	Offered	Sold
Paintings	9	7
Works on Paper	14	7
Prints & Graphics	245	160
Objects	12	8
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 300,000 works by more than 11,400 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available. The information is used Access to the database is available on either a monthly subscription for $Au25.00 or annual subscription for $Au145.00. During the subscription period you have unlimited access to the site. If you would like to subscribe, please click here for our Secure Subscription Form Please note we do not buy, sell, appraise or value works of art, but offer an information resource used by auction houses, collectors, commercial galleries, valuers, researchers and consultants.