86 - Important Australian + International Fine Art

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
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29 April 2026
1

Dorrit Black

Dorset cottages, 1935

also known as Houses on the corner
oil on canvas on cardboard

33.5 x 37.5 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
2

Clarice Beckett

The bathing boxes, Watkins Bay, 1928

oil on canvas

47.0 x 67.0 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
3

Vida Lahey

Bauhinia in bloom, Brisbane, 1929

oil on canvas on composition board

36.0 x 31.0 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
4

Frances Hodgkins

Old Street, Dinan, 1902

watercolour on paper

35.5 x 24.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
5

Bessie Davidson

Flowers and books, c.1935

oil on plywood

81.0 x 60.0 cm

Estimate: 
$200,000 – $300,000
6

Kate O'connor

Domestic scene, 1947

oil on canvas on composition board

65.5 x 77.5 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
7

John Glover

Classical landscape with tower, c.1820

oil on canvas

77.0 x 122.5 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
8

Alfred Sharpe

Auckland, New Zealand - from Kauri Point, 1887

watercolour on paper

37.0 x 64.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
9

Frederick Mccubbin

The Blackwood tree, 1911

oil on canvas on composition board

50.5 x 76.5 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
10

Arthur Streeton

Olinda landscape, 1935

oil on canvas

51.5 x 61.5 cm

Estimate: 
$100,000 – $150,000
11

John Peter Russell

Meules de Blé à Monte Cassino, c.1889

oil on canvas

65.0 x 81.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,200,000 – $1,800,000
12

Auguste Rodin

La faunesse debout (Standing faunesse), 1884, cast 1963

(conceived in 1884, this bronze version was cast in an edition of 12 by the Musée Rodin, Paris, completed in 1963)
bronze 

62.0 x 29.8 x 25.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $160,000
13

Godfrey Miller

Summer (2), 1960 - 64

oil, pen and ink on canvas

68.5 x 86.0 cm

Estimate: 
$200,000 – $300,000
14

Brett Whiteley

Woman in a bath 5, 1963 – 64

oil, tempera and collage on board

213.0 x 183.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,500,000 – $2,500,000
15

Arthur Boyd

Hillside (Shoalhaven), c.1975

oil on composition board

112.0 x 92.0 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – $240,000
16

Fred Williams

Flooded creek, 1977

oil on canvas

101.5 x 107.0 cm

Estimate: 
$300,000 – $400,000
17

Brett Whiteley

(Study for a bird's nest), 1973

ink, pencil and a leaf on ruled paper on card

72.0 x 52.0 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
18

Brett Whiteley

2pm light early January 1984, 1984

mixed media on card on board

76.0 x 76.0 cm

Estimate: 
$400,000 – $600,000
19

Jeffrey Smart

Outskirts, Athens, 1964

oil on composition board

65.5 x 82.5 cm

Estimate: 
$300,000 – $400,000
20

Jeffrey Smart

The argument, 1959

oil on board

31.0 x 63.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
21

Fred Williams

Goomoolahra Falls, Queensland, 1971

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

91.0 x 113.0 cm

Estimate: 
$250,000 – $350,000
22

Clement Meadmore

Split ring, 1968

painted aluminium

58.0 cm (height)

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
23

Howard Arkley

Stillife "Tulips", 1996

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

135.0 x 120.0 cm

Estimate: 
$150,000 – $250,000
24

Michael Parekōwhai

Kapa Haka (Pango), 2003

automative paint on fibreglass

188.0 x 60.0 x 50.0 cm

Estimate: 
$150,000 – $200,000
25

Ben Quilty

The lot no. 4, 2009

oil on linen

110.0 x 140.0 cm

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
26

Bruce Armstrong

Bird, 2021

painted bronze

165.0 cm (height, including bronze base)

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
27

Margaret Preston

Aboriginal bark ornament, 1940

hand-coloured woodblock print on tapa cloth

35.5 x 34.5 cm (image)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
28

Margaret Preston

Bottlebrush, 1952

oil on canvas

42.0 x 34.0 cm

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
29

Lloyd Rees

Lennox Bridge, 1926

oil on canvas on board

47.0 x 72.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
30

Weaver Hawkins

Sleeper, 1943

oil on composition board

43.0 x 61.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
31

Donald Friend

The painted chest, 1956

oil on canvas

43.5 x 59.0 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
32

Albert Namatjira

Quaraitnama, MacDonnell Range, c.1945

watercolour on paper on card

39.5 x 28.5 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
33

Arthur Boyd

Wimmera landscape with dam and shelter, 1958

oil on composition board

19.0 x 27.5 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – $45,000
34

Fred Williams

The bay and the bluff, Walkerville, 1970

gouache on paper

58.5 x 79.0 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – $45,000
35

Fred Williams

Lysterfield landscape, c.1966 – 67

gouache on paper

39.0 x 47.0 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
36

Lloyd Rees

The Olgas - the dawning, 1977

oil on canvas

60.0 x 91.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
37

John Coburn

Tree of life (maquette for tapestry), 1967

oil on canvas

90.0 x 110.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
38

John Olsen

Morning sun and lily pond, 1997

watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper

100.0 x 95.0 cm

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
39

John Perceval

Sunflowers, 2000

oil on canvas

101.5 x 81.0 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – $45,000
40

Arthur Boyd

Adam and Eve, 1950 - 52

44 glazed ceramic tiles

15.0 x 15.0 cm (each)
30.0 x 330.0 cm (overall)

Estimate: 
$70,000 – $90,000
41

Sidney Nolan

Leda and swan, 1960

polyvinyl acetate on composition board

152.0 x 122.0 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
42

Henry Moore

Girl reading, 1947

pencil, watercolour, ink and crayon on paper

9.5 x 12.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
43

William Kentridge

Untitled V, 2007

bronze

38.0 cm (height)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
44

Alice Bale

Mollie (Miss Mollie Agnew), 1925

oil on canvas

96.5 x 66.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
45

George Bell

In the shade, 1910

oil on canvas

76.0 x 64.0 cm

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
46

Frederick Mccubbin

Garden at Kensington Road, South Yarra, 1909

watercolour on pre-prepared sketching board

27.0 x 18.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
47

Clara Southern

Yarra at Warrandyte

oil on canvas on board

35.0 x 29.0 cm

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
48

Ethel Carrick fox

The Pont Neuf, Paris, c.1930

tempera on card

26.0 x 35.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
49

Nora Heysen

Mixed flowers in a silver jug, 1931

oil on canvas on board

29.0 x 19.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
50

Adrian Feint

Flowers in a Chinese vase, 1955

oil on canvas

51.5 x 41.0 cm

Estimate: 
$12,000 – $18,000
51

Bertram Mackennal

Diana wounded, 1905

bronze

36.5 cm (height)
41.0 cm (including base)

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
52

Hans Heysen

Ambleside landscape, 1948

watercolour on paper on card

32.0 x 41.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
53

Dorrit Black

The church on the hill, c.1935 – 38

watercolour on paper

29.0 x 39.0 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $12,000
54

Ben Quilty

Bird, 2018

oil on canvas

50.5 x 40.5 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
55

Philip Wolfhagen

Second Reverie, 2019

oil and beeswax on linen

120.0 x 96.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
56

Sidney Nolan

Queensland beach scene, 1948

Ripolin enamel on composition board

61.0 x 73.0 cm

Estimate: 
$28,000 – $35,000
57

Tim Storrier

Noon blaze line, c.1990

synthetic polymer paint and rope on paper

103.0 x 152.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000