Important Paintings & Contemporary Art

Art+Object’s final Important Paintings & Contemporary Art auction of 2017 took place in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd of bidders. The auction commenced with fourteen lots from the collection of the Artrix Group, which were met with animated bidding from the room and on the phone with all but one lot from the collection selling well in excess of their estimates. Following the Artrix collection the remainder of the auction included further works from mixed vendors, with strong interest coming from absentee and phone bidders. The top price of the evening went to Gordon Walters’ Untitled (acrylic on canvas, 1991) at $88 890. The auction resulted in a turnover of $1 100 000 under the hammer. Some of the preliminary highlights included:

1. Jude Rae $19 820
3. Allen Maddox $30 030
7. Karl Maughan $22 220
9. Paul Dibble $19 820
15. Theo Schoon $26 425
27. Fiona Pardington $28 230
33. Don Binney $48 050
35. John Weeks $14 415
37. Charles Tole $30 030
39. Robert Ellis $26 425
41. Shane Cotton $30 630
43. John Walsh $24 025
44. Colin McCahon $49 250
50. Simon Kaan $18 620
55. Michael Hight $24 625
67. Richard Killeen $45 645
68. Philip Clairmont $66 065
76. Gordon Walters $88 890

Please note all prices include buyer's premium and GST.