Works in the database
9
Works with images
6
Works with multiple sales
1

Past Sales

Mount II, 1985
Metropolis 1989
Cypress I 1985

Sales by Medium

Prints & Graphics
Sold 6 works for
$1,041

Where to buy or sell art works by Ruth Johnstone

Auction Houses

Leonard Joel
Sold 4 works for
$849
Lawsons
Sold 1 works for
$180
Bonhams & Goodman
Sold 1 works for
$12

Born in Hamilton Victoria in 1955 Ruth Johnstone studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and in Dublin. A teacher, painter and printmaker she has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas.

Our database records art auction sales of works by Ruth Johnstone from 1998 and in total 9 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 6 (67%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Ruth Johnstone are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).

Ruth Johnstone 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 557
  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 351
  • Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 231
  • Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
  • 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.

The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 610,000 works by more than 12,000 artists who are listed as having either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, and an additional 36,000 foreign and other artists, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand from the early 1970s to the present day.

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