John Harold Dent Australia, 1951-.
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About John Harold Dent
Born in Penrith, New South Wales in 1951, John Dent studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. After being awarded an Australia Council Grant he studied at the St Martin School of Art in London and at the Academia Brittania in Rome in 1973-74. A painter and printmaker, he has exhibited his work in England and Italy, and held his first Australian exhibition in Melbourne in 1976. He participated in the Twelve Lithographers exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975 and Nine Printmakers at Melbourne University Gallery in 1978.
Our database records art auction sales of works by John Dent from 1991 and in total 65 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 43 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $8,225 for The Pregnant Vase and Scissors sold by Christies in August 2001. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by John Dent are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Ian Potter Museum of Art and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
John Harold Dent 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 376
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 175
- 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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