Auction Highlights
Posted on 15 September 2017
Last night's auction of the estate of legendary painter Michael Illingworth was among the most successful auctions to be held at Art+Object in our ten year history. A crowd in excess of one hundred and twenty collectors competed with absentee bidders, online bidders and the phone to create a charged atmosphere in which works frequently sold for in excess of two or three times their estimates.
Some of the preliminary highlights included:
1. Michael Illingworth, Untitled - Abstract Figure Study $9010
3. Michael Illingworth, Self Portrait $19 220
5. Michael Illingworth, Thomas P.Q $13 215
7. Michael Illingworth, As Adam and Eve Composition $5765
9. Michael Illingworth, Study of Adam $9610
14. Michael Illingworth, Study for Mr and Mrs Thomas Piss-Quick $6005
18. Michael Illingworth, Untitled - Head and Shoulders Portrait $8110
23. Michael Illingworth, Study for Pah Hill $7505
31. Michael Illingworth, Untitled - Eve in a Landscape $7205
34. Michael Illingworth, Untitled $9610
38. Michael Illingworth, Tawera in Landscape $36 035
39. Michael Illingworth, The Three Quark Man, Muster Mark $58 860
43. Michael Illingworth, Tomb of Sea Horse $82 880
58. Michael Illingworth, Painting III $110 510
59. Michael Illingworth, Tawera $78 080
60. Michael Illingworth, As Adam and Eve $66 065
61. Michael Illingworth, Painting with Rainbow $129 130
68. Michael Illingworth, Untitled $124 925
71. Michael Illingworth, Untitled - Tawera Figure $18 615
Please note all prices include buyer's premium and GST. A full list of prices realised will be published online shortly.
Image courtesy of the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust.
