Rosalie Norah King Gascoigne New Zealand, Australia, 1917-99
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About Rosalie Gascoigne
Born in Auckland in 1917, Rosalie Gascoigne had no formal art training. She makes assemblages and sculptures, and has exhibited her work in East Australian capital cities since 1974. She showed at the Venice Biennale in 1982, becoming the first female artist to represent Australia there. In 1994 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to the arts. Gascoigne's work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, as well Australian national and state collections.
In our database, 256 works by Rosalie Gascoigne are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1991, of which 179 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,043,182 for Beaten Track sold by Deutscher and Hackett in December 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Rosalie Gascoigne are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further ten major public national galleries (see list below).
Rosalie Gascoigne is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 452
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 241
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 160
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 92
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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