Works in the database
218
Works with images
126
Works with multiple sales
26

Past Sales

Boonka 1989
Ornamental Lake No. 2. 1985
Making the Slow Line Dip and Sway in its Motion 2000

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 37 works for
$50,831
Prints & Graphics
Sold 107 works for
$27,871
Works on Paper
Sold 12 works for
$15,060

Where to buy or sell art works by Bruno Leti

Auction Houses

Leonard Joel
Sold 97 works for
$49,560
Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies)
Sold 7 works for
$15,441
Artemis Auctions
Sold 4 works for
$5,520

Born in Italy in 1941, Bruno Leti arrived in Australia in 1950. He graduated as an art teacher in Melbourne, and has travelled extensively through Europe, the North and South American continents, painting and teaching in various countries. He has exhibited in Australia and overseas since 1969 and has won a number of prizes.

The total number of works by Bruno Leti offered for sale by auction since 1978 is 218, of which 159 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,600 for Chess 8 2003 sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in November 2010. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Bruno Leti are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).

Bruno Leti 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 608
  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 404
  • Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.

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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