Smith & Singer, Important Australian Art, Sydney, 17 Apr 2024, No. of Lots: 76

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1 Click here to view image Funaki, Mari

Container (2008)

Heat-coloured mild steel, 21.3 x 40.5 x 8.5 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Beckett, Clarice Marjoribanks

Across to Port Melbourne (circa 1924)

Oil on board, signed 'C. Beckett' lower right, 29.7 x 40 cm 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image Harding, Nicholas

River Figures (Two Hats) 2009

Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'River figures / (two hats) / 2009 / Nicholas Harding' verso, 137.5 x 198 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Harding, Nicholas

Pandanus Palm 2011

Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Pandanus / Nicholas Harding / 2011' verso, 183 x 198 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Kelly, John

Cow Up a Tree 1999

Bronze, edition 2 of 9, signed, dated and inscribed 'Klly 99 / 2/9 / J Kelly / 99 / No Two' on base, 61 cm high 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Kelly, John

Mixed Metaphors 1998

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Klly 98' lower right; dated and inscribed ''Mixed Metaphors' / 1997-1998' verso, 136.5 x 182.5 cm 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Campbell, Cressida

Burley Griffin House, Avalon (1999)

Unique colour woodblock print on paper, signed 'Cressida Campbell' lower right, 67 x 119 cm (image). frame: original, Paddington Frames, Syd
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8 Click here to view image Oliver, Bronwyn

Sun (2004)

Copper, 104 x 104 x 12 cm 		*** ***
9 Click here to view image Miller, Godfrey Clive

Still Life No. 1 (circa 1955)

Oil, pen and ink on canvas, signed 'GM' lower right; signed and inscribed 'Still Life No 1 / GM.' verso (on label), 43.6 x 55.7 cm 		*** ***
10 Click here to view image Miller, Godfrey Clive

Still Life with Blue Jar (1945-1950)

Oil, pen and ink on canvas, 51.5 x 61.8 cm 		*** ***
11 Click here to view image Miller, Godfrey Clive

Figure Group

Oil, pen and ink on canvas, 50.5 x 61.5 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Passmore, John Richard

Figure Reclining on Beach

Oil on composition board, 72 x 94.5 cm 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Olley, Margaret Hannah

Mandarins on Red Table 1966

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'Olley 66' lower right, 75.9 x 101.2 cm 		*** ***
14 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

River with Hut and Swans, Twilight (1981)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 91.5 x 122 cm 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Spiky-Moses, Heath and Honey-Eaters 1960

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'Perceval / 60' lower centre left, 91.4 x 114.3 cm 		*** ***
16 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Medusa 1961

Earthenware, signed and dated 'Perceval / 61' on base, 22 x 14 x 15 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Dobell, William

The Chamber Maid (1937)

Oil on wood, signed 'William Dobell / William Dobell' lower centre, 29 x 35 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Mining Country (1966)

Oil and tempera on composition board, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 85 x 120.5 cm 		*** ***
19 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Doves on the Balcony, Lavender Bay 1979

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'brett whiteley 79' lower centre, 91 x 61 cm 		*** ***
20 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Study for Portrait of Wendy I 1985

Charcoal on paper on board, signed and dated 'brett whiteley 85' lower right; signed with monogram 'B/W' upper right; signed, dated and inscribed '"Study For / Portrait of W." / 1985 / brett whiteley' verso, 177 x 152.4 cm 		*** ***
21 Click here to view image Williams, Frederick (Fred) Ronald

Landscape (1976-1977)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Fred Williams.' lower centre left, 183 x 152.5 cm 		*** ***
22 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Sunlight at the Camp 1894

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Streeton / 94' lower right, 31 x 60.7 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

In Sunset Haze 1909

Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed and dated 'Hans Heysen 1909' lower right, 55 x 76 cm 		*** ***
24 Click here to view image Lindsay, Norman Alfred William

The Black Hat 1942

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Norman Lindsay / - 42' lower right, 60.7 x 50.6 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Richter, Henry Constantine

Yellow-Spotted Honeyeater (Ptilotis Notata)

Watercolour and pencil heightened with bodycolour and gum Arabic on paper, 55 x 37 cm (sheet) 		*** ***
26 Click here to view image Von Guerard, Johann Joseph Eugen

Mr Andrew Wittle's Residence at Apollo Bay with Cape Patton in Distance 1859

Oil on board, signed and dated 'Eug. v. Guerard 1859' lower centre left; inscribed 'with Cape Patton in distance' verso, 23 x 30.5 cm 		*** ***
27 Click here to view image Buvelot, Abram Louis (Louis)

Summer Afternoon, Templestowe 1867

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'L. Buvelot / 1986' lower left, 43 x 61 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

Sun Gums and Sheep 1911

Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed and dated 'Hans Heysen. 1911.' lower left, 52 x 46 cm 		*** ***
29 Click here to view image Boyd, Theodore Penleigh

Springtime (1921)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Penleigh Boyd' lower left, 70.5 x 83.5 cm 		*** ***
30 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Peter and the Blackwood Tree (1933)

Oil on canvas, signed 'A .Streeton.' lower right, 51.5 x 62 cm 		*** ***
31 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Sketch - Blue Mountains 1891

Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper, signed, dated and inscribed 'Streeton / Blue Mts / 91' lower right, 23.5 x 30.5 cm 		*** ***
32 Click here to view image Roberts, Thomas (Tom) William

Top of Our Tent, Mosman 1894

Gouache on card, signed, dated and inscribed 'Tom Roberts / May 21. 94 - / Top our tent, Mosman' lower left, 23.1 x 9.3 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Roberts, Thomas (Tom) William

Pizzo Dei Piani 1913

Oil on board, signed and dated 'Tom Roberts '13' lower left, 32.5 x 42.5 cm 		*** ***
34 Click here to view image Menpes, Mortimer L.

A Soldier of His Highness Dogra Sowar (1903)

Oil on board, signed 'Mortimer Menpes' lower right, 41 x 33 cm 		*** ***
35 Click here to view image Conder, Charles Edward

Apple Blossoms (circa 1905)

Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 76.5 cm 		*** ***
36 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

Summer Afternoon, Ambleside

Watercolour on paper, signed 'Hans Heysen' lower left, 31.5 x 40 cm 		*** ***
37 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

Central Australian Landscape

Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed 'Albert Namatjira' lower right, 25 x 35.5 cm 		*** ***
38 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

Central Australian Landscape

Watercolour over pencil on paper, signed 'Albert Namatjira' lower right, 25 x 35.5 cm 		*** ***
39 Click here to view image Tjupurrula, Johnny Warangkula

Yalpiri Water Story (1973)

Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 75 x 55 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Tjupurrula, Johnny Warangkula

Women and Old Man at Kampurarpa (1973)

Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 91.5 x 12.5 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Onus, Lin

Wirrirr Wirrirr (Rainbow Birds)

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas (4 panels), 100 x 50 cm (each); 100 x 200 cm (overall) 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Munduwalawala, Ginger Riley

Ngak Ngak in Limmen Bight Country 1990

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, bears inscription 'AK907 / Nov/Dec 1990' verso, 193 x 167.5 cm 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Robinson, William Francis (Bill)

Nimbin Rocks with Distant Storm 2003

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'William Robinson 2003' lower left, 122 x 183 cm 		*** ***
44 Click here to view image Storrier, Timothy Austin (Tim)

The Empire of the Coals 2006

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, signed 'Storrier' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed "The Empire of the Coals' / Storrier, 2006' verso, 106.5 x 305 cm 		*** ***
45 Click here to view image Perceval, John De Burgh

Old Ship and Life Raft (1995)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Perceval' lower right; signed and inscribed 'Old / Ship / and life / Raft / Perceval' verso, 81.5 x 102 cm 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Dickerson, Robert Henry (Bob)

Mother and Child 1962

Enamel paint on composition board, signed 'Dickerson' lower right, 120.6 x 90.2 cm 		*** ***
47 Click here to view image Blackman, Charles Raymond

Alice in Wonderland (1955)

Oil and synthetic polymer paint on paper on board, 98.5 x 131 cm 		*** ***
48 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Narcissus with Three Clouds (1979)

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right, 183 x 175.5 cm 		*** ***
49 Click here to view image O'Brien, Justin Maurice

Adoration of the Kings (1946)

Oil on paperboard, signed 'O'Brien' upper right, 42.8 x 53.3 cm 		*** ***
50 Click here to view image Friend, Donald Stuart Leslie

Native Boy with Fish 1945

Oil on composition board, signed and dated 'Donald Friend / 1945' lower right, 50.6 x 60.7 cm 		*** ***
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