Clifford Frith Britain, Australia, 1924-.
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About Clifford Frith
Clifford Frith was born in London in 1924 and came to Australia in 1972. He became a senior lecturer at the Art School in North Adelaide. He exhibited his watercolours and sculpture in solo and group shows in Adelaide from 1970 through to 2004 and accepted commissions for works in public spaces including Wrest Point Casino, Hobart, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide University, and Sydney Casino. In 2011 he was convicted for historic child sex offences and jailed for 18 months with a non-parole period of six months.
The earliest auction listing we have for Clifford Frith is in 2011 and in total 12 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 6 (50%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,750 for Crossing the Line 1989 sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in February 2012. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Clifford Frith are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia and National Gallery of Australia.
Clifford Frith 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 446
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 233
- 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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