87 - Important Australian + International Fine Art

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
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26 August 2026
1

Dorrit Black

Dutch peasant, c.1931 – 32

oil on cardboard on composition board

75.5 x 63.0 cm

Estimate: 
$100,000 – $150,000
2

Dorrit Black

Depot workers, c.1940 – 42

oil on canvas on cardboard

46.0 x 61.0 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
3

Dorrit Black

Under the pergola, 1951

oil on canvas on board

79.0 x 58.5 cm

Estimate: 
$80,000 – $120,000
4

Dorrit Black

Music, 1927 – 28

colour linocut

24.0 x 21.0 cm (image)
30.5 x 24.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
5

Dorrit Black

The acrobats, c.1928 – 29

colour linocut on paper

25.0 x 18.0 cm (image)
28.0 x 22.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
6

Dorrit Black

The fruit stall, c.1931

colour linocut on paper

17.5 x 26.0 cm (image)
20.5 x 28.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
7

Dorrit Black

The eruption, 1929 – 30

colour linocut on paper

27.0 x 20.5 cm (image)
28.0 x 23.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
8

Dorrit Black

The lawn mower, c.1931 – 32

colour linocut on paper

19.5 x 13.0 (image)
25.0 x 15.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
9

Dorrit Black

The wool quilt makers, 1940 – 41

colour linocut on paper

23.0 x 31.0 cm (image)
27.0 x 37.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
10

Dorrit Black

On the rocks, 1935

colour linocut on paper

19.5 x 31.5 cm (image)
23.0 x 35.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
11

Dorrit Black

Orchestra pit, Theatre Royal, c.1935

colour linocut on paper

23.0 x 18.0 cm (image)
30.0 x 22.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
12

Dorrit Black

Naval funeral, c.1945

colour linocut on paper

16.0 x 24.0 cm (image)
19.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
13

Margaret Preston

Still Life with native rose, 1920

oil on cardboard

55.5 x 45.5 cm

Estimate: 
$350,000 – $450,000
14

Conrad Martens

Double Bay from Mr Mort’s, 1859

watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic on paper

44.5 x 63.5 cm

Estimate: 
$200,000 – $300,000
15

Knud Bull

The city of Hobart Town with Mount Wellington beyond, 1855

oil on canvas

78.0 x 127.0 cm

Estimate: 
$500,000 – $700,000
16

Eugene Von Guérard

The Mitre Rock and lake from Mt Arapiles, 1874

oil on canvas

61.0 x 106.7 cm

Estimate: 
$1,500,000 – $2,000,000
17

George Clausen

Labourers after dinner, 1884

oil on canvas on plywood

122.0 x 152.0 cm

Estimate: 
$550,000 – $750,000
18

Arthur Streeton

Troops bathing, Glisy, 1918

oil on canvas

76.0 x 101.0 cm

Estimate: 
$250,000 – $350,000
19

Russell Drysdale

Stockman, 1965

oil on canvas

39.5 x 49.5 cm

Estimate: 
$500,000 – $700,000
20

Fred Williams

Two green clouds, 1967

oil on canvas

122.0 x 152.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,000,000 – $1,500,000
21

John Brack

Promenade, 1978

oil on canvas

130.0 x 97.0 cm

Estimate: 
$500,000 – $700,000
22

Jeffrey Smart

Bar, Skyros, 1964

oil on composition board

25.0 x 31.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $160,000
23

Rosalie Gascoigne

All that jazz, 1989

sawn and split soft drink crates on plywood

131.0 x 100.0 cm

Estimate: 
$320,000 – $420,000
24

Fred Williams

Paraburdoo landscape, 1981

oil on canvas

96.0 x 107.0 cm

Estimate: 
$300,000 – $400,000
25

Fred Williams

Saplings, 1961

oil on composition board

121.0 x 83.5 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – $240,000
26

Jeffrey Smart

Municipal car park, 1983

synthetic polymer paint and oil on fibreglass canvas on composition board  

36.0 x 120.0 cm

Estimate: 
$300,000 – $400,000
27

Jeffrey Smart

Adrian's view, 1980

synthetic polymer paint on heavy Fabriano paper

45.5 x 46.0 cm

Estimate: 
$100,000 – $140,000
28

Fred Williams

Barwon in flood II, 1978

oil on canvas

96.0 x 106.0 cm

Estimate: 
$250,000 – $350,000
29

Fred Williams

Flinders Island, 1981

gouache on paper

57.0 x 75.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
30

William Robinson

Mount Tamborine on fire, 1987

oil on canvas

137.0 x 188.0 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – $250,000
31

Ivon Hitchens

Warnford water, pool and dark distance, 1960

oil on canvas

46.0 x 109.0 cm

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
32

Sidney Nolan

Landscape, 1970

oil on composition board

122.0 x 152.0 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – $65,000
33

Arthur Boyd

Bush pond, 1958 – 59

oil on composition board

41.0 x 53.0 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
34

Lloyd Rees

The reef, 1957

oil on canvas

51.0 x 60.5 cm

Estimate: 
$35,000 – $45,000
35

William Robinson

Pumpkin scones with fruit, 2014

pastel on paper

52.0 x 76.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
36

William Robinson

Canyon Gorge, 2000

pastel on paper

55.0 x 75.0 cm

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $24,000
37

Avigdor Arikha

Nu à plat, 1989

pastel on emery paper

53.5 x 69.0 cm (sight)

Estimate: 
$12,000 – $18,000
38

Brett Whiteley

Wendy on cushions, 1976

also known as The Studio: Wendy Asleep

charcoal on paper

76.0 x 101.5 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
39

Brett Whiteley

In and out of room, c.1975

pencil on card

103.0 x 77.0 cm

Estimate: 
$50,000 – $70,000
40

Ian Fairweather

Penelope, 1961

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on composition board

80.5 x 60.5 cm

Estimate: 
$220,000 – $280,000
41

William Robinson

To Beechmont with storm clouds building, 2002

oil on linen

122.0 x 183.0 cm

Estimate: 
$240,000 – $320,000
42

Arthur Boyd

Wimmera, c.1980

oil on canvas

122.0 x 152.5 cm

Estimate: 
$180,000 – $240,000
43

John Olsen

The lake's edge, 2001

watercolour on paper

160.0 x 120.0 cm

Estimate: 
$65,000 – $85,000
44

Margaret Olley

Still life with kelim, 1985

oil on composition board

76.0 x 101.5 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – $65,000
45

Eugene Von Guérard

The Pinnacles, Cape Woolamai, c.1872

oil on academy board

22.0 x 37.5 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
46

Haughton Forrest

Yacht India and Schooner Gloriana coming out of Torbay

oil on canvas

82.5 x 121.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
47

Frederick Mccubbin

Macedon landscape (View from Hesket), c.1910 – 1912

oil on canvas

58.0 x 78.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $180,000
48

Arthur Streeton

Sassafras, 1926

oil on canvas

64.0 x 76.0 cm

Estimate: 
$120,000 – $160,000
49

Walter Withers

An old cottage, c.1905

oil on wooden panel

21.0 x 35.5 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
50

Frederick Mccubbin

The bush hut, 1911

oil on cedar panel

25.0 x 35.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
51

Vida Lahey

Customs House, Hobart, c.1928

oil on canvas on board

30.5 x 38.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
52

Vida Lahey

Coolangatta, c.1935

watercolour on paper on card

26.0 x 35.0 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
53

Nora Heysen

Flinders Street Station, 1944

oil on canvas on plywood

48.0 x 61.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
54

Albert Namatjira

Ghost Gum, c.1950

watercolour on paper
 

36.5 x 26.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
55

Albert Namatjira

Mount Sonder at Glen Helen

watercolour on paper on card

26.5 x 37.5 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – $65,000
56

Albert Namatjira

South Ranges, c.1958

watercolour on paper

26.0 x 36.5 cm

Estimate: 
$45,000 – $65,000
57

Ian Fairweather

Canal scene, China, 1954

gouache on cardboard

37.0 x 51.0 cm

Estimate: 
$70,000 – $90,000
58

Tony Tuckson

Cocktails for two no. 2 (TP 161), 1947 – 50

oil on canvas

85.0 x 100.5 cm

Estimate: 
$40,000 – $60,000
59

Weaver Hawkins

Full tilt, 1954

oil on composition board

61.0 x 78.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
60

Joy Hester

Doll in green dress, c.1947 – 48

brush and ink, and watercolour on paper

29.5 x 24.5 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
61

John Perceval

Sun setting over the marsh, 1972

oil on canvas

91.0 x 116.5 cm

Estimate: 
$60,000 – $80,000
62

Eric Thake

Seurat in Carlton, 1970

oil on canvas

51.5 x 38.5 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
63

Eric Thake

"We saw the Orange Chat", 1974

oil on canvas

50.5 x 36.0 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
64

Danila Vassilieff

Fitzroy roadworks, 1937

oil on canvas on board

40.5 x 46.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
65

Thea Proctor

Hippeastrum Lilies in a vase, with Vanity Fair Magazine, c.1930s

watercolour on silk
 

46.5 x 34.0 cm (sight)

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
66

Sydney Long

Panel of brolgas, 1918

also known as Native Companions
watercolour on paper

32.5 x 74.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $24,000
67

Sydney Long

Pink flamingoes, 1908

watercolour on paper on card

26.5 x 50.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
68

Sydney Long

Flamingoes, c.1902

oil on canvas on board

61.0 x 25.5 cm

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $24,000
69

Rupert Bunny

Mulberry trees, c.1924

also known as Hills, at Le Lavandou
oil on canvas

54.0 x 65.0 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
70

Criss Canning

Poppies with Venetian silks, 2012

oil on board

46.0 x 36.0 cm

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
71

Criss Canning

Zinnias, 2007

oil on canvas

39.5 x 34.5 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
72

Keith Haring

Radiant baby, 1990

from Icons
colour screenprint with embossing on Arches cover paper

53.5 x 63.5 cm

Estimate: 
$30,000 – $40,000
73

NOEL McKENNA

48 tallies (birthday still life), 2004

synthetic polymer paint on board in artist’s hand–made frame

30.0 x 89.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
74

Alex Seton

A young man's dream, 2005

Carrara marble and colour pigment

70.0 x 42.0 x 13.0 cm

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
75

Dorrit Black

Through the window, c.1927

oil on canvas on board

35.0 x 30.0 cm

Estimate: 
$15,000 – $20,000
76

Dorrit Black

Courtyard

watercolour on card

37.0 x 25.0 cm (image)
38.5 x 29.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $9,000
77

Dorrit Black

Study for 'The sketch club', 1942

watercolour on paper

31.5 x 38.5 cm (image)
31.5 x 40.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $9,000
78

Dorrit Black

Nocturne, Wynyard Square, 1932

linocut on paper

22.5 x 15.0 cm (image)
25.0 x 19.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
79

Dorrit Black

Air travel 3: The pineapple plantation, 1947 – 49

colour linocut on paper

18.0 x 22.0 cm (image)
21.0 x 31.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
80

Dorrit Black

Air travel 1: Mud flats and island, 1947 – 49

colour linocut on paper

25.0 x 19.0 cm (image)
31.0 x 21.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
81

Dorrit Black

Air travel 4: Over the mountains, 1947 – 49

colour linocut on paper

18.5 x 21.5 cm (image)
21.5 x 25.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
82

Dorrit Black

Group of cottages, Corfe Castle, 1935

watercolour on paper

26.0 x 33.5 cm

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $9,000
83

Dorrit Black

Untitled [Still life with teapot], c.1940 – 51

watercolour on paper

37.5 x 39.0 cm (sight)

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $8,000
84

Dorrit Black

Chinaman's gardens, c.1933

linocut on paper

19.0 x 23.5 cm (image)
24.0 x 26.5 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $12,000
85

Dorrit Black

Gum trees, 1933

linocut on paper

14.5 x 20.0 cm (image)
16.5 x 22.0 cm (sheet)

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $9,000