Sotheby's, The David Clarke AO Collection of Australian Art; Important Australian Art, Sydney, 28 Apr 2015, No. of Lots: 111

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1 Click here to view image O'Brien, Justin Maurice

The Window No. 2 (1978)

Oil on canvas, signed 'O'Brien' lower right frame: original, Cavalli & Poli, Italy, 93 x 67.5 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Friend, Donald Stuart Leslie

(Australian Fantasy) (1964)

Oil and gold leaf on composition board, signed 'Donald Friend' lower right, 62 x 90.5 cm 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image De Maistre, LeRoy Leveson Laurent (Roy)

Train (Circa 1930)

Oil on wood panel, signed 'R de Mestre' lower left, 46.3 x 38 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Onus, Lin

Frogs on Waterlilies

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed 'Lin Onus' lower left, 91.2 x 121.5 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Brack, Cecil John (John)

First Daughter 1955

Oil on canvas on composition board, signed and dated 'John Brack 55' upper left, 75.5 x 55.4 cm 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Brack, Cecil John (John)

Study for First Daughter (1955)

Ink on paper, signed 'John Brack' upper right, 20 x 16 cm 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Cook, Junior, William Delafield

The Orange Tree I 2002

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed and dated 'W Delafield Cook 02' lower right, 117 x 117 cm 		*** ***
8 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Games Table (1977)

Oil on composition board, signed 'Olley' lower left, 68 x 91.2 cm 		*** ***
9 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Study for Kingfisher 1978

Oil and collage on composition board, signed with monogram lower left; signed and dated '78 brett whiteley' lower right, 101.2 x 65.5 cm 		*** ***
10 Click here to view image Robinson, William Francis (Bill)

Canyon Gorge from Springbrook 1998

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'William Robinson 98' lower left, 137.5 x 183.3 cm 		*** ***
11 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Elephant and Waterlilies 1963

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'NolaN - / 63' lower left, 121.4 x 151.8 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Meadmore, Clement

Start Up 1999

Bronze, signed, dated and inscribed 'Meadmore 1999 A.P. 1' on base artist's proof, edition of 8, 92 cm high 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

Banksias (2004)

Woodblock, signed 'Cressida Campbell' lower right; signed 'Cressida Campbell' verso, 90 x 120 cm 		*** ***
14 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

The Bicycle Race (Death of Morandi) 1966

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'Jeffrey Smart 66' lower left, 58.5 x 68 cm 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Crooke, Ray Austin

Islanders and Patterned Light (1972)

Oil on canvas on composition board, signed 'R Crooke' lower left, 102 x 76.5 cm 		*** ***
16 Click here to view image Amor, Rick

Memory of the Foreshore 1990

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Rick Amor '90' lower right; dated and inscribed 'Memory Of The / Foreshore / Aug '90' verso, 132 x 163 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Olsen, John Henry

Captain Dobbin 1973

Oil and synthetic polymer paint on composition board, signed and dated 'John Olsen / 73' lower left, 183 x 228.5 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Harding, Nicholas

Newtown to Enmore 2007

Oil on linen, signed, dated and inscribed 'Newtown / to / Enmore / 2007 / Nicholas Harding' verso, 183 x 173.5 cm 		*** ***
19 Click here to view image Dickerson, Robert Henry (Bob)

Man in Rushcutters Bay Park (1965)

Enamel paint on composition board, signed 'Dickerson' lower right, 122.2 x 183.2 cm 		*** ***
20 Click here to view image Johnson, Michael

Ellamatta Ochre 2002-2003

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, signed, dated and inscribed 'Michael Johnson 2002 / 'Ochre' verso, 152 x 122 cm 		*** ***
21 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Train Crossing a River (First Version) (1980)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 114 x 109 cm 		*** ***
22 Click here to view image Von Guerard, Johann Joseph Eugen

Mount William as Seen from Mount Dryden in the Grampians, Victoria 1892

Oil on board, signed and dated 'E. V. Guerard / 1892' lower right, 26 x 33.5 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Drysdale, George Russell (Russell)

Landscape (Circa 1966)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right, 40 x 50 cm 		*** ***
24 Click here to view image Jackson, James Ranalph

Hawkesbury River

Oil on canvas, signed 'James R Jackson' lower right, 67.5 x 82.5 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Adams, Lisa

Track 1999

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Lisa Adams 1999' lower right, 64 x 75.5 cm 		*** ***
26 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Young Saplings, Kew Billabong (1975)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' upper left, 101.6 x 101.6 cm 		*** ***
27 Click here to view image Oliver, Bronwyn

Boa (2006)

Copper, 30 x 225 x 18 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

Study for Supermarket Car Park II (2004)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Jeffrey Smart' lower left frame: original, Graham Reynolds, Brisbane, 60 x 77 cm 		*** ***
29 Click here to view image Daws, Lawrence M.

The Fleurieu Peninsula

Oil on canvas on board, signed 'DAWS' lower right, 137.3 x 183 cm 		*** ***
30 Click here to view image Rees, Lloyd Frederic

Summer in the Suburbs 1964

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'L REES / 64' lower righT, 92.3 x 107.7 cm 		*** ***
31 Click here to view image Storrier, Timothy Austin (Tim)

Enngonia Moon 2004

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed 'Storrier' lower right; signed and inscribed 'Enngonia Moon' / Storrier' verso, 117.6 x 244 cm 		*** ***
32 Click here to view image Xian, Ah

China. China - Bust 53 (1999)

Cast porcelain with hand-painted underglaze decoration, inscribed 'China. China - Bust 53' on base, 38 x 40.7 x 18 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Booth, Peter

Untitled (Waterfall)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Booth' verso, 213.5 x 198 cm 		*** ***
34 Click here to view image Taylor (Abstract artist), Michael Franklin

Reef 2002

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, signed and dated 'M. Taylor / 19.9 2' lower left; inscribed 'REEF' verso, 122 x 152.5 cm 		*** ***
35 Click here to view image Taylor (Abstract artist), Michael Franklin

Sea-Lair 2002

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed and dated 'M Taylor / 20 3 02' lower right; inscribed 'Sea-Lair' verso, 61 x 45.5 cm 		*** ***
36 Click here to view image Nungurrayi, Elizabeth Nyumi

Parwalla (2003)

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 119 x 79 cm Provenance: Painted in Balgo Hills, Western Aust
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37 Click here to view image Hood, Cherry

Brenden 2003

Watercolour and varnish on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Cherry / Hood / 'Brenden' / 2003' verso, 150 x 103.3 cm 		*** ***
38 Click here to view image Leach-Jones, Alun

The Rustic's Table 2003

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'A Leach-Jones / A Leach-Jones The Rustic's Table 2003' verso, 152 x 173 cm 		*** ***
39 Click here to view image Taylor, Neil

The Pavilion Steps 2006

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed 'Neil Taylor' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed 'The Pavilaion Steps' / Neil Taylor 2006' verso, 76.4 x 76.4 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Cordero, Jason

The Horizon of the Waters 2006

Oil on canvas, signed with monogram and dated 'MMVI' lower right, 101.7 x 152.5 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Anderson, Peter Stewart

Coast, Fatu Hiva (1999)

Oil on canvas, signed 'PSA' lower right, 159.5 x 213.3 cm 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Barnes, Robert M.

Coming Home (1999)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Robert N Barnes' verso, 96.5 x 79 cm 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Dyer, Geoffrey

D'entrecasteaux Creek II

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, signed 'Dyer' lower right, 121.5 x 152.2 cm 		*** ***
44 Click here to view image De Maistre, LeRoy Leveson Laurent (Roy)

Cannas, Mosman (1929)

Oil on canvas, signed 'R de Maistre' lower right frame: original, S.A.. Parker, Sydney, 56 x 45.5 cm 		*** ***
45 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

Bicyclists, Bondi (Circa 1963)

Oil on composition board, signed 'Jeffrey Smart' lower left, 29.5 x 37.8 cm 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

Garden Bunch 1946

Oil on board, signed and dated 'G Cossington Smith 46' lower left; signed, dated and inscribed 'Flower Bunch' / G. Cossington Smith. 46' verso, 31 x 25 cm 		*** ***
47 Click here to view image Friend, Donald Stuart Leslie

The Watchers (Circa 1962)

Oil and gold-leaf on composition board, signed 'Donald Friend' lower left; inscribed 'The / Watchers' verso frame: original, decorated by the artist, 27.8 x 38 cm 		*** ***
48 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Rain 1959

Oil and enamel paint on composition board, signed and dated 'Charles Blackman / March 1959' upper right; signed and inscribed 'Rain' / Blackman' verso frame: original, maker unknown, 61.3 x 61.3 cm 		*** ***
49 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

Study for Housing Project No. 84 (1970)

Oil on composition board, signed 'Jeffrey Smart' lower left frame: original, maker unknown, 40 x 50 cm 		*** ***
50 Click here to view image Brack, Cecil John (John)

Study for Siege 1979

Pen and ink, watercolour and gouache on paper, signed and dated 'John Brack 79' lower right; inscribed Study for Siege' verso, 61 x 81 cm 		*** ***
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