Sotheby's, Important Australian Art , Sydney, 13 May 2014, No. of Lots: 101

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1 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

Gum Blossom 1945

Oil on pulpboard, signed and dated 'G Cossington Smith. 45' lower left, 49.5 x 42 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Wakelin, Roland Shakespeare

Winter's Day 1943

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'R Wakelin 43' lower right, 31.5 x 38 cm 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image Rehfisch, Alison Baily

Still Life with Bottles and Fruit (Circa 1949)

Oil on board, signed 'Rehfisch' lower right, 61 x 50.7 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

Bush Lemons (1990)

Woodblock, signed 'Cressida Campbell' lower left, 75 x 37 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Passmore, John Richard

Canal Barges, London 1939

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'J.P./ 39' lower right: signed, dated and inscribed 'Canal Barges, London 1939 J Passmore' verso, 40.5 x 51 cm 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Strachan, David Edgar

Still Life with Compote of Oranges 1967

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'd Strachan 67'; signed and inscribed 'STILL LIFE WITH COMPORT / OF ORANGES / David Strachan' verso, 40.5 x 50.8 cm 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Basket with Limes (1965)

Oil on board, signed 'Olley' lower right, 60.7 x 76.2 cm 		*** ***
8 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

Lilies with Indian Cloth (1994)

Woodblock, signed 'Cressida Campbell' lower left, 82.3 x 48.8 cm
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9 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Yellow Room, Evening (1995)

Oil on composition board, signed 'Olley' lower right, 61 x 75 cm
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10 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

Through Windows 1984

Woodblock, signed and dated 'Cressida Campbell 84' lower left, 66.5 x 35 cm 		*** ***
11 Click here to view image Fairweather, Ian

Kneeling Figures (1951)

Gouache on cardboard, inscribed 'Beta' lower left; signed 'IF' lower right, frame: original, maker unknown, 73 x 50.7 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Miller, Godfrey Clive

Still Life (Circa 1929-1934)

Oil on canvas on board, 16.5 x 20 cm 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Jones, Geoffrey (Geoff)

Pears (1975)

Oil on glass, signed 'Geoff Jones' lower right, 30 x 45.5 cm
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14 Click here to view image Bell, George Henry Frederick

Toinette (1934)

Oil on paper, 55 x 38 cm 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

First Oil Sketch for the Picnic (3) (1979)

Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas on board, signed 'Jeffrey Smart' lower right, frame: original, maker unknown, 41 x 31.2 cm
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16 Click here to view image Drysdale, George Russell (Russell)

(Landscape with Figure)

Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right, 18.5 x 28 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Gleeson, James Timothy

Galaxy (1943)

Oil on board, signed 'Gleeson' lower right; signed and inscribed ''Galaxy' / James Gleeson / 2 'Kalorama' / Aston Gdns / Bellevue Hill / 85 gns' verso, frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney, 21.6 x 21.5 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

Figure Study for the Reservoir, Centennial Park (1988)

Oil on canvas on board, signed 'Jeffrey Smart' lower right, frame: original, Charles Hewitt, Sydney, 36 x 21.8 cm 		*** ***
19 Click here to view image Ogilvie, Helen Elizabeth

Cottage Fibro Sheeting and Iron 1971

Tempera on board, signed and dated 'H. Ogilvie 71' lower right, 17.5 x 25 cm 		*** ***
20 Click here to view image Ogilvie, Helen Elizabeth

Boundary Rider's Hut, Wagga, NSW 1973

Tempera on board, signed and dated 'H. Ogilvie 73' lower right, 17.5 x 25 cm 		*** ***
21 Click here to view image Ogilvie, Helen Elizabeth

The Morning Bath 1976

Oil on gesso on composition board, signed and dated 'H. Ogilvie 76' lower right, 20.3 x 15.5 cm 		*** ***
22 Click here to view image Brack, Cecil John (John)

Reading the Reader's Digest 1955

Pencil on paper, signed and dated 'John Brack 55' lower left, 53.5 x 20 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Grass Trees (1948)

Enamel paint on composition board, 122.2 x 91.3 cm 		*** ***
24 Click here to view image Fairweather, Ian

Composition (1961)

Synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard, signed 'l Fairweather' lower left, 42 x 58 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Friend, Donald Stuart Leslie

Mother and Child 1947

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Donald 47' upper right, 65.5 x 50.5 cm 		*** ***
26 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Tapecarias De Portalegre (Manufacturer), the Garden of The White Cat (1971)

Wool and cotton, woven signature 'Blackman' lower right, edition 6/6, 238 x 400 cm 		*** ***
27 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Shoalhaven River with White Cockatoo (1984)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 153.5 x 123.5 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Onus, Lin

Garkman (1994)

Synthetic polymer paint on card, signed 'Lin Onus' lower right, 27.5 x 63.5 cm 		*** ***
29 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Palaces in Sunlight (1908)

Oil on canvas, signed 'A Streeton' lower left, 40.5 x 53 cm 		*** ***
30 Click here to view image Roberts, Thomas (Tom) William

Miss Minna Simpson (1886)

Oil on canvas, 60.7 x 50.6 cm 		*** ***
31 Click here to view image Fox, Emanuel Phillips

Morning on the Beach (Circa 1909-1911)

Oil on canvas, signed 'E Phillips Fox' lower left, 35.7 x 43.4 cm 		*** ***
32 Click here to view image Roberts, Thomas (Tom) William

Mrs Jacob Eccles 1899

Pastel on paper, signed and dated 'Tom Roberts 1899' lower right, frame: original, Lillie Williamson (Mrs Tom Roberts), 50 x 41 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Heysen, Nora

(Still Life of Roses in a Basket)

Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 50.7 cm 		*** ***
34 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

Hydrangea and Plate 1944

Oil on board, signed and dated G. Cossington Smith 44' lower left, 42 x 52 cm 		*** ***
35 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

Studio Door 1968

Oil on composition board, signed, dated and inscribed 'G. Cossington Smith 68 / Studio Door' lower left, 38 x 22 cm 		*** ***
36 Click here to view image Wilson, Eric

Bridge Over the Liffey, Dublin 1939

Oil on board, signed 'Eric Wilson' lower left; inscribed and dated 'Dublin '39' lower centre; signed and inscribed 'Eric Wilson / Bridge Over The Liffy, Dublin'' verso, 40 x 54 cm 		*** ***
37 Click here to view image Drysdale, George Russell (Russell)

Country Boy (1941)

Oil on board, signed 'R.Drysdale' lower right, 38 x 20 cm 		*** ***
38 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Shoalhaven with River (1988)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 160.5 x 182.5 cm 		*** ***
39 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Morning Brioche 1982

Oil on board, signed 'Olley' lower right, 68.5 x 91.5 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

(Mrs Fraser) (1947)

Oil and enamel paint on composition board, 121.5 x 90.5 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Miller, Godfrey Clive

Summer (1957-1959)

Oil, pen and ink on canvas, signed 'Godfrey Miller' lower right, 64.3 x 82.2 cm 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Brack, Cecil John (John)

Confrontation 1978

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'John Brack /1978' lower left, 138 x 107 cm 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Meadmore, Clement

Rain Check 1995

Bronze, signed, dated and inscribed 'Rain Check Art / Meadmore / 1995 1/4' on base, edition 1 of 4, 43 x 66 x 54 cm 		*** ***
44 Click here to view image Robinson, William Francis (Bill)

Grassy Painting with William and Shirley Looking at a Regency Bower Bird (1985)

Oil on canvas, signed ''William Robinson' lower right, 98.3 x 109.6 cm 		*** ***
45 Click here to view image Makigawa, Akio

Untitled 1999

Stainless steel, signed, dated and inscribed 'Akio / 1999 / 1 / 3' on base, edition 1 of 3, 60 x 60 x 20 cm 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Whisson, Kenneth (Ken) Ronald

Automobile and Bright Birds 2003-2005

Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Ken Whisson / Automobile / Bright / and Birds / 6/9/03 & 4/2/04 & 6/4/05' verso, 90.2 x 120.2 cm 		*** ***
47 Click here to view image McKenna, Noel Vincent Joseph

House on Table 1999

Enamel paint on board, signed and dated 'McKenna 99' lower left; signed and dated 'N. McKenna 99' verso, frame: original, Noel McKenna, Sydney, 31.2 x 75.2 cm 		*** ***
48 Click here to view image Hicks, Petrina

Shenae and Jade (2005)

Photograph: light jet print, edition 6 of 8, 119 x 111 cm
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49 Click here to view image Bedford, Paddy Nyunkuny

Girranyji - Brown Falcon Dreaming 2000

Natural ochre pigments and synthetic polymer paint binder on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
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50 Click here to view image Tjupurrula, Johnny Warangkula

Dingoes Watch a Corroboree

Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 79 x 61.2 cm
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