Bonhams, Australian & Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 06 Jun 2017, No. of Lots: 68

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1 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

Bush with Rocks, 1952

Oil on cardboard, signed and dated lower left 'G. Cossington Smith 52'; titled and signed verso: 'Bush with Rocks / Grace Cossington Smith', 51 x 40.5 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

(Palm Valley), C.1943

Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower right 'Albert Namatjira', 38.5 x 27 cm 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

(Ghost Gum), c.1943

Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower right 'Albert Namatjira', 37 x 24.5 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Aboriginal Artist Unknown,

A Rainforest Shield, North East Queensland, Circa 19th Century

Carved fig-wood (Ficus alpipila) with natural earth pigments and natural binders, height 90 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Wunungmurra, Djirrirra

Fish Trap Design, 2005

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log (larrakitj), 182 cm high 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Wunungmurra, Djirrirra

Fish Trap Design, 2005

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log (larrakitj), 135 cm high 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Wunungmurra, Djirrirra

Fish Trap Design, 2005

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log (larrakitj), 238 cm high 		*** ***
8 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Crow in a Plum Tree, 1978

Ink on paper, signed, dated and titled lower right 'Crow in a plum tree 27/12/78 / brett whiteley', 103 x 73 cm 		*** ***
9 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Ned Kelly, 1966

Oil on composition board, signed lower right 'Nolan'; signed verso: 'Nolan', 76 x 63.5 cm 		*** ***
10 Click here to view image Smart, Frank Jeffrey (Jeff) Edson

St John's Walk, C.1948-50

Watercolour and gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Jeff Smart'; inscribed lower left 'St John's Walk', 29.5 x 34.5 cm 		*** ***
11 Click here to view image Cook, Timothy

Kulama, 2014

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name and Jilmara Arts and Crafts cat.226-14, 184 x 244 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Mungatopi, Deaf Tommy

(Coral Design), 1977

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 81 x 51.5 cm 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Kantilla, Kitty

Untitled, 1999

Natural earth pigments on paper, 76 x 57 cm 		*** ***
14 Click here to view image Cook, Timothy

Untitled (Tutini and Tunga), 2007

Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood; natural fibres and natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Kngwarreye, Emily Kame

My Country, 1993

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, inscribed verso with Delmore Gallery cat.93L053 		*** ***
16 Click here to view image Napanangka, Makinti

(Designs Associated with the Rockhole Site of Lupulnga), 2004

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name, details and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0407083, 137 x 122 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

River Bank, Clouds, Midday with Set Square Rock, Shoalhaven River, NSW

Oil on canvas, signed lower right 'arthur Boyd', 183 x 152.5 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Friend, Donald Stuart Leslie

The Sleepout, Hill End, C.1979

Oil on canvas laid on board, signed lower right Donald Friend, 35 x 45 cm 		*** ***
19 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Ely Cathedral, 1951

Ink and enamel on glass, initialled lower left 'N', 25 x 30 cm 		*** ***
20 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Illusion of Children, C.1966

Oil on canvas, 152 x 195 cm 		*** ***
21 Click here to view image Firth-Smith, John

Sun Line, 1970

Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated verso: 'John Firth-Smith / Firth-Smith / 'Sun Line' 70', 84 x 174 cm 		*** ***
22 Click here to view image Meadmore, Clement

Start Up, 1999

Bronze, edition: 5/8, signed, dated and numbered to base: 'Meadmore 1999 5/8', 37 x 20 x 10 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Brown, Michael Challis (Mike)

The Well, 1985

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed and dated lower right 'Mike Brown 85'; signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: 'The / Well' / Mike / Brown 1985 / Nth Fitzroy', 91 x 71 cm 		*** ***
24 Click here to view image Tillers, Imants Alfred

Vu 4

Synthetic polymer paint and medium on nine canvasboards, 113 x 75 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Onus, Lin

Lerderderg River, C.1975

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower left 'Lin Onus', 61 x 91 cm 		*** ***
26 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

Mount Sonder

Watercolour and pencil on carved wood; resin and kangaroo sinew, signed lower right 'Albert Namatjira'; inscribed verso: 'Aboriginal Handicraft / Hermannsburg, / Central Australia', length: 56 cm 		*** ***
27 Click here to view image Landara, Benjamin

Untitled (Landscape)

Watercolour on carved wood; resin and kangaroo sinew, signed lower right 'Benjamin Landara', length: 53.5 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Boyd, Theodore Penleigh

Spring, 1910

Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed and dated lower right 'Penleigh Boyd/1910', 41 x 65 cm 		*** ***
29 Click here to view image Fullwood, Albert Henry

Cove Scene with Boat Houses, C.1894

Oil on canvas, signed lower right 'A.H. Fullwood', 31 x 46 cm 		*** ***
30 Click here to view image Long, Sydney

Evening Glow, Georges River, C.1940

Oil on canvas, signed twice lower right 'Sidney Long', 66 x 81 cm 		*** ***
31 Click here to view image Russell, John Peter

Loctudy, C.1883

Oil on canvas, tondo, signed lower right 'John Russell', 85 x 86.5 cm 		*** ***
32 Click here to view image Withers, Walter Herbert

After the Storm, 1898

Oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Walter Withers', 35.5 x 46 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Rosebud Landscape, C.1937-39

Oil on canvas on board, 51 x 60 cm 		*** ***
34 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Boy with Rabbit in the Wheat Field, 1981

Oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Perceval'; signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'Boy with / Rabbit in / the Wheat Field / Perceval / 1981', 45.5 x 35.5 cm 		*** ***
35 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Mordialloc Creek, C.1938

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower right 'Arthur M Boyd', 40.5 x 50.5 cm 		*** ***
36 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Antarctica, 1964

Oil on composition board, signed lower right 'Nolan'; signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'Antarctica / Nolan / 1964 / ANARTICA [sic] / April 1964 / Nolan', 122 x 122 cm 		*** ***
37 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Hummingbird and Frangipani, 1986

Oil on board, signed lower left 'Brett Whiteley'; housed in original Brett Lichtenstein frame (stamped verso), 75.5 x 75.5 cm 		*** ***
38 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Siena Arcade, C.1962

Oil on board, signed upper left 'Blackman', 137 x 160 cm 		*** ***
39 Click here to view image Gabori, Sally (Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda)

King Alfred's Country - Makakirr, 2007

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name and Mornington Island Arts & Crafts cat. 2469-L-SG-0807, 152.5 x 102 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Gabori, Sally (Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda)

Dibirdibi Country, 2007

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name and Mornington Island Arts & Crafts cat. 2448-L-SG-0707, 122 x 91.5 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Nungurrayi, Elizabeth Nyumi

Parwalla, 2004

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. 280/04, 80 x 180 cm 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Naparrula, Ningura Gibson

(Designs Associated with the Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga), 2007

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, inscribed verso with artist's name and Papunya Tula cat. NN0710225, 153 x 183 cm 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Javacheff, Christo

The Wrapped Vertibule, Project for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1990

Silver gelatin print, offset lithograph with collage on wove paper, signed, numbered and dated lower right 'Christo 11/100 1990', 100 x 68 cm 		*** ***
44 Click here to view image Johnson, Timothy (Tim)

Sonsha Mandala, 2000

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, titled, dated and signed verso: 'Sonsha Mandala / Tim Johnson 2000', 152 x 198 cm 		*** ***
45 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Shoalhaven Riverside and Swan, C.1984

Oil on composition board, signed lower left 'Arthur Boyd', 30 x 20 cm 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Small Man, Big Dog, 1943

Oil on board, signed lower left 'Perceval', 38 x 37.5 cm 		*** ***
47 Click here to view image O'Brien, Justin Maurice

Procession, 1964

Oil on paper on panel, signed upper right 'O Brien', 41 x 29.5 cm 		*** ***
48 Click here to view image De Maistre, LeRoy Leveson Laurent (Roy)

Magnolia, 1928

Oil on linen, signed and dated lower right 'R. de Mestre. 1928.'; titled verso: 'Magnolia', 62.5 x 51 cm 		*** ***
49 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Side Street, 1954

Oil on board, signed upper left 'Blackman', 63.5 x 75 cm 		*** ***
50 Click here to view image Ramsey, Rammey

Warlawoon Country, 2007

Natural earth pigments and binder on linen, inscribed verso 'RR2 2007-98 / JA / Warlawoon Country / 2007', 150 x 180 cm 		*** ***
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