DESIGN ICONS WEEK – 13 - 18 November 2020 Auction Highlights
FRONT COVER 49 (detail) HOWARDARKLEY (1951-1999) Riteroom 1998 digital giclee print 34/499 102 x 100cm, frame: 122 x 118cm $3,000-5,000
114 (detail) HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR STAINED GLASS WINDOW FROM DOMAIN HOUSE, SOUTH YARRA $2,000-3,000
DESIGN ICONS WEEK 13 - 18 November 2020 AUCTIONS Melbourne Modern Design | Monday 16 November, 6pm Luxury Session I | Tuesday 17 November, 6pm Luxury Session II | Wednesday 18 November, 2pm Prints & Multiples | Wednesday 18 November, 6pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC 3141
VIEWING Melbourne Friday 13 - Sunday 15 November, 10am-4pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC 3141 Luxury Session II Viewing Online Only
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John D’Agata
Hannah Ryan
Head of Modern Design | BA Contemporary Arts (03) 8825 5637 | 0415 076 480 anna.grassham@leonardjoel.com.au
Head of Luxury 03 8825 5605 | 0408 355 339 john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au
Prints & Multiples Specialist 03 8825 5630 hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au
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MODERN DESIGN – Auction Monday 16 November, 6pm
Our November Modern Design auction presents fantastic mid century furniture, lighting and more by the world’s leading designers including Antonio Citterio, Jean Nouvel, Walter Burley Griffin, Clement Meadmore, Mario Bellini, and more. The collection also includes the Geoffrey Hatty collection, highlighting many excellent examples of Australian design. ANNA GRASSHAM Head of Modern Design
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69 GIANFRANCO FRATTINI ‘SESANN’ ARMCHAIR FOR CASSINA Brown velvet upholstery with polished chrome frame Italy c 1970 65h x 100w x 90d $3,500-4,500
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A LIGHT ON AUSTRALIAN DESIGN Australian design culture sometimes gets a bad rap, and we often look to our European cousins to understand what we ‘should’ be doing. This was, is, and will always be a load of rubbish. Our Australian design history is rich in its aesthetics, and full of creativity and diversity. A positive sentiment that has been gathering speed, finally putting our designers into the spotlight they deserve. Clement Meadmore was foremost an artist ‘with a strong interest in design’. Yet this artist would go on to help define the Australian modernist movement, and in 1952 he would create something discretely historical – The Ultra-Modern Standard Lamp. Created to highlight the works of Wolfgang Sievers and Helmut Newton, Meadmore designed this quietly confident light while working as a freelance industrial designer for the 1953 ‘New Visions’ photography exhibition held at Hotel Federal, Melbourne. This standard lamp marked a significant milestone in Meadmore’s design career as an important example of his early foray into combining sculpture and design. ANNA GRASSHAM Head of Modern Design
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140 CLEMENT MEADMORE FLOOR LAMP Black metal and brass on square base Australia c 1952 $5,000-6,000
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18 FERNANDO & HUMBERTO CAMPANA ‘MIRAGGIO’ MIRROR FOR EDRA Assembly of cutouts of different shapes in colorful red acrylic mirror Laser-cut, hand-finished on their edges and connected by nylon ties Brazil Designed 2009 103h x 176d $3,000-4,000
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173 MARK DOUGLASS ‘SILVER FLOWER’ Flower Project Series Blown and silver glass, spun steel Australia Designed 2010 120h x 120w x 31d $5,000-6,000
11 CARLO NASON TWO VESSELS FOR MAZZEGA Green an clear hand blown glass Italy c 1960s 30h x 10d 15h x 15d $1,000-1,500
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88 JEAN PROUVE ‘CITE’ CHAIR FOR VITRA Cover, seat and backrest black leather. Neck cushion in polyurethane foam, height-adjustable. Base bent sheet steel, powder-coated finish France Designed 1930 85h x 68w x 90d $4,000-5,000
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176 SVEND AAGE HOLM WALL SCONCE Orange and advocado painted metal Denmark c 1960s 35h xc 21w x 14d $1,200-1,800
2 EERO AARNIO ‘SCREW’ TABLE FOR ADELTA Metallic grey moulded fibreglass Finland Designed 1991 56h x 65d $2,000-3,000
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2 ANTONIO CITTERIO ‘CHARLES’ MODULAR THREE PIECE SOFA SETTING FOR B&B ITALIA Italian cognac leather on polished steel frame Italy Designed 1997 80h x 380w x 255d $20,000-30,000
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137 CLEMENT MEADMORE ‘CALYX’ CEILING LIGHT Painted metal in lime green tones Australia c 1950s 17h x 38d $1,500-2,000
92 ANTONIO CITTERIO ‘CHARLES’ MODULAR THREE PIECE SOFA SETTING FOR B&B ITALIA Italian cognac leather on polished steel frame Italy Designed 1997 80h x 380w x 255d $20,000-30,000
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228 CUBIST STYLE SCULPTURE OF FACE SIGNED ‘TONNY’ Bronze on marble base (Signed) Europe c 1950s 36h x 14w $600-800
42 WARREN PLATNER SIDE TABLE Nickel base, glass top United States of America Designed 1960s 47h x 40d $1,200-1,800
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LUXURY –
SESSION I | Auction Tuesday 17 November, 6pm SESSION II | Auction Wednesday 18 November, 2pm Our November Luxury auction presents a collection like no other. Taking place in two sessions, the auction offers an impressive selection of handbags and accessories from the world’s most covetable designers and makers, including extremely rare limited edition pieces both vintage and new. JOHN D’AGATA Head of Luxury
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338 A LIMITED EDITION JEFF KOONS VAN GOGH NEVERFULL BAG BY LOUIS VUITTON $4,400-6,000
197 A NOÉ TRI-COLOUR SHOULDER BAG BY LOUIS VUITTON $650-850
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152 A NILE CROSSBODY BAG BY CHLOE $500-700
10 A HANDBAG BY CHANEL $2,600-3,600
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379 A KELLY RETOURNE 35 HANDBAG BY HERMÈS $10,000-15,000
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384 A RARE VINTAGE KELLY SELLIER TRICOLOR 28 BAG BY HERMÈS $55,000-75,000
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386 A BRAND NEW SPRING SUMMER 2018 MEN’S RUNWAY LIMITED EDITION ‘BOLIDE 1923’ 45 BAG BY HERMÈS $14,000-24,000
370 A BIRKIN 35 BY HERMÈS $12,000-18,000
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93 A BÉARN WALLET BY HERMÈS $2,000-3,000
98 A BI-COLOUR SUITCASE BY HERMÈS $1,000-1,500
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350 A LIMITED EDITION GRAFITTI NEVERFULL BAG BY LOUIS VUITTON $3,000-5,000
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PRINTS & MULTIPLES – Auction Wednesday 18 November, 6pm
Our November Prints & Multiples auction takes us around the globe, featuring pieces by artists working across diverse stylistic movements and mediums. Leading this journey is a small collection of rare etchings dated between 1917 and 1938 by sought-after Australian artist, Norman Lindsay (lots 31 - 39). In 1988, Brett Whiteley produced ‘Poem for a Lover’ (lot 89). This hand-coloured silk screen was created in an extraordinary period in his life. Tracey Moffatt (lot 76), Samantha Everton (lot 75) and Simon Eeles (lot 71 & 74) pave the way in Australian contemporary photography with some important and striking examples. Moving across international waters, a pair of photographs by Christo and Jeanne-Claude (lot 85 86) are featured, depicting ‘Wrapped Coast’; a work collaboratively produced in New South Wales, Australia. Gene Davis (lot 93 and 94), a pivotal artist throughout the abstract colour field movement holds two lots within our auction, aligning perfectly with one another. And lastly, Damien Hirst (lot 87), one of the world’s most highly collected artists, draws us in with his etching ‘The Twist.’ We are pleased to present these notable artworks along with many others within our November Prints and Multiples auction. HANNAH RYAN Prints & Multiples Specialist
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75 SAMANTHA EVERTON (born 1971) Night without Darkness 2007 From the Childhood Fears Series pigment print on ink rag paper 2/8 artist name, title, date and edition on label verso 65 x 80cm, frame size: 79.5 x 94.5cm PROVENANCE: Dickerson Gallery, Sydney 2007 Private collection, Melbourne $2,000-3,000
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33 NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969) The Innocents 1925 etching 54/55 editioned and signed below image 34.5 x 29.5cm, frame size: 66 x 60cm PROVENANCE: The Bloomfield Gallery, Sydney (label verso)
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LITERATURE: Bloomfield, L., The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1998, cat. 271, p. 283 (illus.) OTHER NOTES: Examples of this print are held in the Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery $3,000-4,000
38 NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969) She Arrives 1924 etching 22/55 editioned, signed and dated below image 23.5 x 22.5cm, frame size: 51 x 48cm LITERATURE: L Bloomfield, The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, Sydney, 1998, pl. 261, p. 273 $3,000-4,000
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74 SIMON EELES Saving a Penny archival print on cotton rag 70 x 88cm, frame size: 98.5 x 117cm $2,500-3,000
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94 GENE DAVIS (American, 1920–1985) Tightrope 1973 lithograph 56/75 editioned, signed and dated below image 75 x 101cm (sheet size), frame size: 81 x 109cm PROVENANCE: Coventry Gallery, Sydney, 1975 Private collection, Melbourne $800-1,200
87 DAMIEN HIRST (British, born 1965) The Twist (In A Spin, The Action of The World on Things) Vol 11 2002 etching signed below image signed, titled and dated in plate 75 x 95.5cm, frame size: 99 x 119cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 7 December 2005 lot 126 Private collection, Melbourne Joel Fine Art, 14 August 2007, lot 174 Private collection, Melbourne Estimate $8,000-10,000
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85 CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE (1935–2020 and 1935–2009) Wrapped Coast (Little Bay) 1969 silver gelatin print 9/30 signed and editioned on image 57.5 x 74.5cm, frame size: 60.5 x 77cm PROVENANCE: Coventry Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne $3,000-4,000
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86 CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE (1935–2020 and 1935–2009) Wrapped Coast silver gelatin print 11/30 signed and editioned on image 58 x 74cm, frame size: 60.5 x 77cm PROVENANCE: Coventry Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne $3,000-4,000
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83 KEITH HARING (1958-1990) Pop Shop I 1987 colour screenprint 54/200 on conventry rag paper signed, dated and editioned lower right published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York 26 x 34cm (image) and 30.5 x 38cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 28 August 2008, lot 247 Private collection Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 30 November 2011, lot 132 Private collection, Melbourne
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LITERATURE: Littman, K., and Jehle, W., Keith Haring, Complete Editions on Paper, 1982–1990, Cantz, Stuttgart, 1993, p. 82 (illus., another example) OTHER NOTES: The Pop Shop opened in 1986 in Soho, New York. Haring saw the Pop Shop as an extension of his work, a fun boutique where his art could be accessible to everyone. This series of work was created by Haring to coincide with the opening of the shops, and he used bold colours, and memorable motifs to appeal to the masses. $15,000-20,000
40 BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992) Garden in Rome 1982 coloured etching, aquatint and collage A/P editioned and signed below image 109 x 79cm, frame size: 225 x 105cm EXHIBITIONS: Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983 (another example) Brett Whiteley Review of Prints 1976-1983, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 1983, cat.18 (another example)
LITERATURE: Mandy, R., Brett Whiteley: The Complete Graphics, 1961-1982, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1983, p.48, cat.69 (illus., another example) Brett Whiteley: The Graphics 1961-1992, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1995, p.113, cat.71 (illus. p.75, another example) Sutherland, K., Brett Whiteley Catalogue RaisonnĂŠ, Schwartz Publishing, Melbourne, 2020, vol.5, p.140, cat.119P, (illus., another example) vol.7, p.833 $12,000-18,000
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