Helen Eager Australia, 1952-.
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About Helen Eager
Born in Sydney in 1952, Helen Eager studied at the South Australian School of Art and in the USA. A printmaker, whose subjects are often domestic objects or interior scenes, she has exhibited mostly in Sydney and Brisbane since 1976. Eager lectures in art at tertiary level.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Helen Eager from 1991 and in total 53 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 35 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,200 for Other Lives Were Lived Here 1990 sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in December 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Helen Eager are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Helen Eager 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 398
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 194
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 126
- 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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