Works in the database
91
Works with images
72
Works with multiple sales
15

Past Sales

Mindsets
Moose 2000
Zebra 2000

Sales by Medium

Prints & Graphics
Sold 65 works for
$32,863
Objects
Sold 3 works for
$1,959
Paintings
Sold 2 works for
$1,827

Where to buy or sell art works by Geoffrey Ricardo

Auction Houses

Leonard Joel
Sold 30 works for
$14,067
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sold 2 works for
$3,888
Mossgreen Auctions
Sold 2 works for
$3,355

Born in Victoria in 1964, Geoffrey Ricardo received a Bachelor of Arts from the Chisholm institute and a graduate diploma in printmaking from Monash University where he later taught. A printmaker and sculptor, he also studied overseas, and held his first solo exhibition in Melbourne in 1990 and since then in Sydney and Adelaide. Ricardo was awarded the National Student Art Prize in 1989, the Mornington Regional Prize in 1994 and the Warrnambool Prize in 1988.

The earliest auction listing we have for Geoffrey Ricardo is in 2001 and in total 91 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 71 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,600 for A Heart's Verse 2001 (12): Primordial Heart, Migrant Heart, Old Flare, Aura, Rapunzel, the Game, Scarecrow, Phantom, Kna sold by Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers in March 2012. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Geoffrey Ricardo are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).

Geoffrey Ricardo 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 824
  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 574
  • Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
  • 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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