Bettina McMahon Australia, 1930-.
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About Bettina McMahon
Born in Sydney in 1930, Bettina McMahon studied at the Julian Ashton School from 1946 to 1949, at Goldsmith College, London University in 1972 where she studied Advanced Etching. After returning to Australia she taught etching at community level from 1976 to 1982. She is a painter and printmaker, her work abstract with a geometric pattern and she exhibited in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and overseas in Sweden, Gemany, the UK and the USA . She won a number of prizes at art shows in New South Wales and was awarded residencies in Paris in 1982 and 1987.
The earliest auction listing we have for Bettina McMahon is in 1989 and in total 51 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 35 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,880 for Giraffes, Western Plain Zoo sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in March 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Bettina McMahon are held by the National Gallery of Australia and Geelong Gallery.
Bettina McMahon 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 653
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 438
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 288
- 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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