Auction Results

Prices include buyer's premium.

Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August
Sale
83
Auction total
$11,675,045
92% sold by volume
115% sold by value


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Lot 1
$184,091
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
1

Bessie Davidson 

(1879 - 1965)
(Interior with girl reading), c.1924

tempera on compressed card

73.0 x 60.5 cm

signed lower left: Bessie Davidson

Estimate: 
$150,000 – $200,000
Sold for $184,091 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 2
$294,545
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
2

Bessie Davidson

(1879 – 1965)
Intérieur, c.1924

oil on board

60.5 x 73.0 cm

signed lower right: Bessie Davidson

Estimate: 
$250,000 – $350,000
Sold for $294,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 3
$981,818
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
3

Grace Cossington Smith

(1892 - 1984)
The reader (the school cape), c.1916

oil on canvas on pulpboard 

32.0 x 24.0 cm

signed lower left: G SMITH. COSSINGTON

Estimate: 
$400,000 – $600,000
Sold for $981,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 4
$325,227
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
4

Grace Cossington Smith

(1892 - 1984)
House with golden trees (Pink house), 1937

oil on board 

74.0 x 89.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: G. Cossington Smith 37
dated lower right: 1937
signed, dated and inscribed with title on label verso: House with Golden Trees / Grace Cossington Smith / 1937
signed and inscribed with title verso: House with Golden Trees / G. Cossington Smith
Estimate: 
$300,000 – $500,000
Sold for $325,227 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 5
$24,545
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
5

Nora Heysen

(1911 - 2003)
Flinders Street Station, 1944

oil on canvas on plywood

48.0 x 61.0 cm

signed lower left: Nora Heysen
inscribed on label verso: MELBOURNE STREET SCENE / NORA HEYSEN
Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $24,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 6
$515,455
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
6

William Dobell

(1899 - 1970)
Young man sleeping, c.1936

oil on board

27.0 x 44.5 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – $280,000
Sold for $515,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 7
$104,318
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
7

Roy De Maistre

(1894 - 1968)
Two women in a boat, c.1935

oil on board 

64.0 x 52.5 cm

signed lower left: R de Maistre

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
Sold for $104,318 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 8
$29,455
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
8

Roy De Maistre

(1894 - 1968)
View of Sydney Harbour from Admiralty House to Fort Denison, c.1929

oil on canvas

41.0 x 35.5 cm

signed lower right: R de Maistre

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $29,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 9
$159,545
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
9

Roy De Maistre

(1894 - 1968)
Woman in a chair, c.1944

oil on canvas

122.5 x 91.5 cm

signed lower left: R. de Maistre

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
Sold for $159,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 10
$490,909
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
10

John Brack

(1920 - 1999)
The slicing machine shop, 1955

oil on canvas 

76.0 x 101.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Brack 55

Estimate: 
$600,000 – $800,000
Sold for $490,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 11
$319,091
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
11

Albert Tucker

(1914 - 1999)
Betrayal, 1952

oil on composition board

61.0 x 136.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: Tucker Noli 52
dated and inscribed verso: BETRAYAL / 1952
dated verso: 1952
Estimate: 
$400,000 – $600,000
Sold for $319,091 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 12
$165,682
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
12

Albert Tucker

(1914 - 1999)
Lunar landscape, 1957

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

96.0 x 131.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Tucker 1957

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
Sold for $165,682 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 13
$515,455
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
13

Arthur Boyd

(1920 - 1999)
White bridge, c.1949 - 51

oil and tempera on composition board

83.5 x 121.5 cm

signed lower right: Arthur Boyd
numbered on label verso: 20
Estimate: 
$350,000 – $450,000
Sold for $515,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 14
$736,364
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
14

Fred Williams

(1927 - 1982)
Burnt hillside, 1968 – 69

oil on canvas 

91.5 x 106.5 cm

signed lower right: Fred Williams.

Estimate: 
$400,000 – $600,000
Sold for $736,364 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 15
$552,273
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
15

Brett Whiteley

(1939 - 1992)
Champagne, 1976

oil and collage on canvas with 19 corks

96.0 x 91.0 cm

signed and stamped with artist’s stamp lower right: brett whiteley

Estimate: 
$650,000 – $850,000
Sold for $552,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 16
$282,273
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
16

Jeffrey Smart

(1921 - 2013)
Study for Approach to E.U.R., 1970

oil on board

31.0 x 48.0 cm

signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $160,000
Sold for $282,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 17
$2,025,000
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
17

Howard Arkley

(1951 - 1999)
New room, 1993

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

173.0 x 135.0 cm

signed and dated verso: Howard Arkley 93
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Howard Arkley / New Room / 1993
Estimate: 
$800,000 – $1,200,000
Sold for $2,025,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 18
$675,000
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
18

Brett Whiteley

(1939 - 1992)
The magpie, 1976 - 77

oil on canvas

91.5 x 91.5 cm

Estimate: 
$450,000 – $650,000
Sold for $675,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 19
$675,000
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
19

Brett Whiteley

(1939 - 1992)
Startled heron, 1984

charcoal, ink, gouache and collage on card on board (with white oil on Perspex surface)

158.0 x 130.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed lower left: “Startled Heron” 1984 / brett whiteley
stamped lower left with artist’s monogram
stamped twice upper left with artist’s monogram
Estimate: 
$350,000 – $450,000
Sold for $675,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 20
-
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
20

Charles Blackman

(1928 - 2018)
Alice amongst flowers, c.1956 - 57

oil and enamel on composition board

96.5 x 131.0 cm

bears inscription on gallery label verso: CHARLES BLACKMAN / Alice Amongst Flowers
Estimate: 
$700,000 – $900,000
Lot 21
$220,909
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
21

John Olsen

(1928 - 2023)
Adios grumpy author [Patrick White and the Gypsy Caravan], 1991

oil on canvas

152.5 x 198.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: John / Olsen / ‘91
signed, dated and inscribed with title on stretcher bar verso: ‘Adios Grumpy Author’ John Olsen 91
Estimate: 
$200,000 – $300,000
Sold for $220,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 22
$589,091
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
22

Bronwyn Oliver

(1959 - 2006)
Lick, 1996

copper

230.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$350,000 – $450,000
Sold for $589,091 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 23
$98,182
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
23

Del Kathryn Barton

born 1972
Here she HEAR, 2019

polished and clear-coated bronze

205.0 x 115.0 x 75.0 cm

edition: 3/3

signed and numbered at base: del kathryn barton 3/3

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
Sold for $98,182 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 24
$45,409
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
24

Clement Meadmore

(1929 - 2005)
Wingspan, 1996

bronze

19.0 x 34.5 x 19.0 cm (not including base)

edition: 1/8

signed, dated and numbered at base: Meadmore 1996 1/8 ©

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $45,409 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 25
$42,955
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
25

Jonny Niesche

born 1972
Let the shadow come, 2019

dye sublimation print on polyester voile, auto-paint on aluminium

160.0 x 125.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $42,955 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 26
-
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
26

Tony Tuckson

(1921 - 1973)
Big red W, c.1964

oil on composition board

121.5 x 152.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $150,000
Lot 27
$147,273
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
27

Emily Kam Kngwarreye

(c.1910 - 1996)
Untitled (Awelye), 1993

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

152.0 x 90.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. 93K039

Estimate: 
$70,000 – $90,000
Sold for $147,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 28
$71,182
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
28

Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

(c.1924 - 2015)
Dibirdibi Country, 2011

synthetic polymer paint on linen

152.0 x 101.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium, Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 6496-L-5G-0111 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK16790
Estimate: 
$28,000 – $38,000
Sold for $71,182 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 29
$61,364
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
29

Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford

(c.1922 - 2007)
Winperrji - Police rock hole, 2004

natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on board

80.0 x 100.0 cm

signed with initials verso: PB
bears inscription verso: Jirrawun Arts cat. PB CB 3, 2004-22
Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
Sold for $61,364 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 30
$58,909
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
30

S.T. Gill

(1818 - 1880)
Mt. Emu from Stockyard Hill, 1855

oil on compressed card

17.5 x 25.0 cm

bears inscription verso: Mt Emu from Stockyard Hill / 1855

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
Sold for $58,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 31
$58,909
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
31

S.T. Gill

(1818 - 1880)
On the Barwon River above Fyansford, Victoria, 1855

oil on compressed card

17.5 x 25.0 cm

bears inscription verso: On the Barwon River near Fyansford / W. Geelong 1855

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
Sold for $58,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 32
$30,682
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
32

S.T. Gill

(1818 - 1880)
On Rocky Creek near Fryers Creek, 1852

oil on compressed card

22.5 x 30.5 cm

bears inscription verso: On Rocky Creek / near Fryers Creek July / 1852

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $30,682 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 33
$51,545
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
33

Frederick Mccubbin

(1855 - 1917)
Bush farm, c.1910

oil on wood panel

25.0 x 35.5 cm

signed lower right: F. McCubbin
bears inscription verso: Bush Farm / by Fred McCubbin / “Bush Farm” / by Fred McCubbin / painted around 1910
Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $51,545 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 34
-
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
34

Robert Klippel

(1920 - 2001)
No. 21, Pointed theme, 1945

Tasmanian blackwood

14.5 cm height

signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base: RK / RK / MOTHER / 21 / 1945
Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
Lot 35
$27,000
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
35

Roy De Maistre

(1894 - 1968)
Garden under snow at Ecclestone Street, Pimlico, 1947

oil on canvas

57.0 x 72.5 cm

signed and dated lower left: R de Maistre / 47

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
Sold for $27,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 36
$73,636
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
36

Godfrey Miller

(1893 - 1964)
Cityscape, c.1950 – 52

oil on canvas on compressed card

35.5 x 35.5 cm

bears inscription lower right in the tacking margin: JH 134
label attached verso signed by J. Henshaw, executor of the artist’s estate
Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
Sold for $73,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 37
$104,318
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
37

Jeffrey Smart

(1921 - 2013)
Third study for Portrait of Bruce Beresford, 2009

oil on canvas

39.5 x 26.0 cm

signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
Sold for $104,318 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 38
$73,636
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
38

John Brack

(1920 - 1999)
The fertility goddesses, 1974

oil on canvas

61.0 x 76.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: John Brack 1974

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
Sold for $73,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 39
$36,818
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
39

Edwin Tanner

(1920 - 1980)
Homage to A.D. Hope, 1975 - 76

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

167.0 x 182.5 cm

signed and dated upper left: Edwin Tanner 75/76
bears inscription verso: IE25
Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
Sold for $36,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 40
$49,091
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
40

Arthur Boyd

(1920 - 1999)
Nebuchadnezzar dreaming of gold, c.1968 - 71

oil on composition board

20.0 x 24.5 cm

signed lower right: Arthur Boyd

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $49,091 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 41
$27,000
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
41

Ken Whisson

(1927 - 2022)
Two aeroplanes and one or two birds, 1975

oil and enamel on composition board

82.5 x 110.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed with title on artist’s label verso: KEN WHISSON / “TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS” / PAINTED 20/10/1975
dated and inscribed with title verso: 20/10/75 / ”TWO AEROPLANES AND ONE OR TWO BIRDS”
Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $27,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 42
$56,455
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
42

Brett Whiteley

(1939 - 1992)
The Back of Notre Dame with Bridges, 1990

charcoal on paper

56.0 x 75.0 cm

signed with monogram lower right: bw

Estimate: 
$45,000 – $65,000
Sold for $56,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 43
$95,727
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
43

William Robinson

(1936 - 2025)
Morning landscape with neighbour's bull, 1991

oil on canvas

76.5 x 102.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: William Robinson 91
inscribed with title verso: MORNING LANDSCAPE WITH NEIGHBOUR’S BULL
Estimate: 
$70,000 – $90,000
Sold for $95,727 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 44
$106,773
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
44

Margaret Olley

(1923 - 2011)
Marigolds and cornflowers, 1973

oil on composition board

76.5 x 101.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: Olley 73

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
Sold for $106,773 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 45
$79,773
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
45

Mirka Mora

(1928 - 2018)
The wedding, 1988

oil on canvas

76.0 x 102.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: MIRKA / 88
inscribed verso: MIRKA / 68 / LOVERS / IN HUGHES / LANDSCAPE
Estimate: 
$30,000 – $50,000
Sold for $79,773 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 46
-
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
46

Charles Blackman

(1928 - 2018)
Nocturne, 1952

oil and tempera on muslin on board

52.0 x 65.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Blackman 52
bears inscription verso: S. GIRL / NOCTURNE
Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
Lot 47
$147,273
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
47

Albert Namatjira

(1902 - 1959)
Darwin, 1950

watercolour on paper on cardboard

26.0 x 36.0 cm

signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA

Estimate: 
$70,000 – $90,000
Sold for $147,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 48
$98,182
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
48

Hans Heysen

(1877 - 1968)
In the Moralana Gorge, Flinders Ranges, 1954

watercolour on paper

50.5 x 71.0 cm (sheet)

signed and dated lower left: HANS HEYSEN 1954

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
Sold for $98,182 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 49
$36,818
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
49

Grace Cossington Smith

(1892 - 1984)
Bush scene, 1955

oil on card on board

44.0 x 37.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: G. Cossington Smith 55

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $36,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 50
$29,455
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
50

Bessie Davidson

(1879 - 1965)
Scottish Loch, c.1935

oil on plywood

36.0 x 46.0 cm

signed lower right: Bessie Davidson

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $24,000
Sold for $29,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 51
$63,818
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
51

Grace Cossington Smith

(1892 - 1984)
Golden wattle

oil on pulpboard

44.0 x 36.5 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $63,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne
Lot 52
$36,818
Important Australian Fine Art
Melbourne
27 August 2025
52

Max Dupain

(1911 - 1992)
Sunbaker, 1937 (printed later)

silver gelatin photograph

37.5 x 39.5 cm

signed and dated in image lower right: – Max Dupain ‘37 –
inscribed with title below image: Sunbaker
Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $36,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 83 - 27 August 2025, Melbourne