ISSUE 71 JUNE 2018
SYDNEY
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MELBOURNE
Auction Calendar Fine Jewels Monday 4 June 2018 – 6.30pm
SYDNEY
Fine Art Tuesday 5 June 2018 – 6.30pm
MELBOURNE
Luxury Wednesday 6 June 2018 – 6.30pm
MELBOURNE
Prints Wednesday 13 June 2018 – 6.30pm MELBOURNE
Collectables Thursday 21 June 2018 – 2pm MELBOURNE
The Hose Collection Monday 25 June 2018 – 6.30pm MELBOURNE
Modern Design Monday 30 July 2018 – 6.30pm MELBOURNE
Fine Jewels Monday 3 September 2018 – 6.30pm
MELBOURNE
Fine Art Tuesday 4 September 2018 – 6.30pm
MELBOURNE
Fine Asian Art Monday 8 October 2018 – 6.30pm
MELBOURNE
Women Artists Wednesday 10 October 2018 – 6.30pm MELBOURNE
Thursday’s at Leonard Joel Furniture & Interiors – 10am
LOT 19 AN EDWARDIAN AQUAMARINE AND PEARL PENDANT $15,000-18,000 Jewels Auction, Monday 4 June at 6.30pm, Sydney
Jewellery & Wristwatches – 10.30am Art Salon – 11.30am Collectables – 12pm MELBOURNE Front Cover: Detail Lot 41 A RARE MANTLE CLOCK, ‘THE MONITOR’ FRANCE, CIRCA 1875 Estimate on Request The Hose Collection, Auction Monday 25 June at 6.30pm, Melbourne
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Auction Specialists PRIVATE COLLECTIONS John Albrecht, National Head of Collections 03 8825 5619 | john.albrecht@leonardjoel.com.au FINE ART Sophie Ullin, National Head of Department
Auction season is in full swing this month at Leonard Joel. We’re delighted to announce The Hose Collection of Clocks, which spans an impressive 300 years of horology. We’re also celebrating the Private Collections of Margaret Bolster and Margaret Vine.
03 8825 5609 | sophie.ullin@leonardjoel.com.au JEWELS John D’Agata, National Head of Department 03 8825 5605 | john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au DECORATIVE ARTS Chiara Curcio, Head of Department, Melbourne 03 8825 5635 | chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au Robert Williams, Head of Department, Sydney 02 9362 9045 | robert.williams@leonardjoel.com.au MODERN DESIGN Anna Grassham, Head of Department 03 8825 5637 | anna.grassham@leonardjoel.com.au COLLECTABLES
Also in this issue we learn five facts about Charles Blackman, navigate the world of coloured stones and diamonds, delve into the history of Italian pottery manufacturer Bitossi and put the spotlight on a Logie from 1970!
Nora Merralls, Manager 03 8825 5625 | nora.merralls@leonardjoel.com.au LUXURY Bethany McGougan, Manager 03 8825 5645 | bethany.mcgougan@leonardjoel.com.au
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FURNITURE Tanith Harley, Manager 03 8825 5614 | tanith.harley@leonardjoel.com.au
We hope you enjoy the read and look forward to seeing you in Melbourne or Sydney soon.
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PRIVATE COLLECTIONS The Hose Collection of Clocks
100 A GEORGE II MUSICAL ORGAN BRACKET CLOCK CHARLES CLAY, LONDON, CIRCA 1735 The large mahogany bell topped case with five gilt brass urn finials at each corner of the case and one located centrally on small reeded plinth. The case with full length pierced side frets with a pair of pierced gilt brass sound frets to the top corners of arched front door. Stop fluted front corners to full height door. Moulded vase supported on gilt brass feet. The arched painted dial with allegorical scenes and automotive figures operated by movement. A smaller break arch, silver framed dial located centrally in the painted dial. The clock with Roman and Arabic chapter ring framed by silver mounts and pierced door spandrels. Above chapter ring two subsidiary dials for rise and fall regulation and pendulum lock. Below centre arbour a curved calendar aperture, engraved day disc in arch. The two train eight day fusee movement with verge escapement and hour, bell striking. The organ plays on seventeen oak stopped pipes plus seventeen octave stopped pipes and seventeen shaded. The organ with 20.8 cm diameter wooden barrel, 30.5 cm long and plays nine tunes. Movement with one speed regulator to the movement and three stop selector slides. Estimate on Request
Melbourne Auction Monday 25 June 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra 3141
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Love & Fascination for Clocks At the age of 14, Ken Hose’s interest in motor vehicles was sparked, and subsequently he commenced a mechanic’s apprenticeship with a Collingwood based garage. On the wall of the garage hung an American wall clock, which Ken coveted and later, when the garage was scheduled for demolition, Ken rescued the clock and so began his lifelong relationship and passion for clocks.
156 A GOLDEN EAGLE SWINGING WALL CLOCK CHARLES FERDINAND LUDWIG FALCK, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1870 The silvered dial signed C. F .FalckMelbourne, within a reeded gilt brass sunburst surround. The whole suspended by a carved gilt wood eagle with outstretched wings. Eight day fusee movement with dead beat escapement wound from the front. $20,000-30,000
Many years, one marriage and three children later, Ken and Judy had the opportunity to make their first visit to the United Kingdom in 1974. Ken and his wife Judy refined their taste in clocks after viewing and experiencing the craftsmanship and complexity of the timepieces on offer in England and during this trip acquired a number of fine clocks; mostly English, French and American. In 1980 Ken retired in order to devote his days to collecting and restoring clocks and his passion for clocks and precision in restoration has made him recognised as a prominent and respected member of the local and international clock community. Ken and Judy’s love and fascination for clocks over the years also manifested itself in academic ventures and this resulted in the publication of no less than three books on Australian clockmakers such as Fritz Ziegler and Charles Falck. The collection features rare timepieces from both Australian clockmakers, pictured below lot 156 is a rare golden eagle swinging clock by Falck. German born, Charles Falck, was
27 A VICTORIAN SKELETON CLOCK G. H. & C. GOWLAND, SUNDERLAND, CIRCA 1860 The brass three spire skeleton clock protected by an ebonised glass case. The skeletonised silvered chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals signed Gowland - Sunderland. The eight day, twin fusee movement with anchor escapement, striking the hours on a gong, wheels with five crossings, and pierced blued steel hands. $4,000-6,000
trained in the art of watchmaking, in which he developed not just the requisite skills but a clear mechanical ingenuity. He, like many others, was drawn to Australia by the Gold Rush and arrived in Adelaide in 1854. Soon after he settled in Melbourne and then in 1862 he moved to Beechworth, where he commenced his own business as a watchmaker and gold buyer. His skill in practical horology was evident in a clock of his own design and manufacture, which was exhibited at the first Melbourne Exhibition in 1856 and having won the gold medal for this submission, he wasted no time in placing it as a prominent attraction in the shop window of his business on Ford street. Falck also filled the position of timekeeper at the Beechworth Racing Club and thus forms an important part of local horological history.
41 A RARE MANTLE CLOCK, ‘THE MONITOR’ FRANCE, CIRCA 1875 Impressionist model of the USS Monitor, built during the American Civil War 1862, which was an iron clad ship with a rotating gun turret designed to float semi submerged. A rare French brass and silvered brass eight day clock in the form of ‘The Monitor’ with two thermometers, a barometer, revolving gun turret and a propeller which turns with the turret. The vessel has funnels, air vents, deck ladders, lifeboat and ships wheel compass. The model is mounted on a plinth of cast waves. All mounted on an oval onyx marble base. Estimate on Request
Ken and Judy’s collection, The Hose Collection, is an anthology of clock craftsmanship from the 17th century to the 20th century, varying from bracket clocks, to musical clocks and automata. Ken’s skill in mechanical engineering and love for clocks is evinced by lot 84, being a harlequin acrobat of his own design. Leonard Joel are honoured to be offering this unique Australian collection by public auction on Monday 25th June at 6.30pm. Chiara Curcio Head of Decorative Arts
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FINE ART
52 CHARLES BLACKMAN (born 1928) Trumpeter 1954 enamel paint on board 75 x 62cm $60,000-80,000 © Charles Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy Ltd. Australia
Melbourne Auction Tuesday 5 June 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra 3141
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Charles Blackman - Did you know? 1. He had no formal education or traditional training in fine art. Self-taught, he learnt from everything he had at hand – art books, magazines, prints, illustrations, modern literature and other artists’ work. 2. His first major influence was the New Zealand poet and bohemian, Lois Hunter, who triggered his lifelong habit of reading. Through her books on modern literature, Charles was introduced to the revolutionary poetry and ideas of Arthur Rimbaud and Odilon Redon. Rimbaud was seminal in his preoccupation with childhood memories and the state of adolescence, whilst Redon brought forth Charles’ interest in dream versus reality and the power of the black and white medium. 3. Charles’ greatest muse and influence was his wife, Barbara. The two shared a mutual love for modern poetry and literature. At the time of their marriage, Barbara was increasingly affected by blindness and so Charles began a lifelong habit of reading aloud to her – an experience that he described as allowing oneself to absorb things on a different level, savouring the words by slowing down the pace allowing images to hang in the air. 4. In the 50s, Blackman worked as a chef at Café Balzac, owned by his friends Georges and Mirka Mora. It was here that Blackman was introduced to Belgian immigrant and Roger De Stoop, who immediately bought the Trumpeter painting and offered to buy The Boy in the Bush. However, instead of accepting payment for The Boy in the Bush, he requested a length of denim cloth to curtain his new coach house studio in Hawthorn (both paintings feature in Leonard Joel’s forthcoming Fine Art auction). 5. One of Charles’ most iconic series, Alice in Wonderland, was precipitated by his hearing Lewis Carroll’s story for the first time on Barbara’s new talking book machine. He listened to the story repeatedly,
53 CHARLES BLACKMAN (born 1928) Boy in the Bush 1954 enamel paint on board 75 x 62cm $60,000-80,000
often struck by the comparisons between Alice and Barbara – their sense of spatial disorientation to which they were both trying to adjust, and their distorted body image (as Barbara was pregnant with their first
© Charles Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy Ltd. Australia
child at this time). The story of Alice in Wonderland also invoked in Charles a penchant for the surreal.
Olivia Fuller Art Specialist
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FINE JEWELS
150 AN IMPRESSIVE YELLOW DIAMOND RING BY ANTON $120,000-150,000
Sydney Auction Monday 4 June, 6.30pm Hughenden Boutique Hotel 14 Queen St, Woollahra NSW
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Sydney Viewing 39 Queen St, Woollahra NSW Friday 1 June, 10am-4pm Saturday 2 June, 10am-4pm Sunday 3 June, 10am-4pm
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Navigating the world of coloured stones and diamonds. What to know before you invest. and
4. Some diamonds are described as
diamonds can often feel like navigating
coloured or ‘fancy diamonds’. What
a minefield! However it doesn’t need to
causes these colours? Trace elements.
be as complicated and confusing as one
For blue diamonds, it’s boron, for yellow
may think. Trust your instincts and follow
diamonds it’s nitrogen, while green
some simple guidelines and the result
diamonds receive their colour from the
will be an investment you’ll treasure
earth’s natural radiation.
Buying
coloured
gemstones
forever. Our June Fine Jewels auction boasts 136 A FLAWLESS EMERALD CUT DIAMOND RING $150,000-180,000
1. Coloured gemstones including ruby,
many fabulous diamond pieces including
sapphire and emerald are judged on
lot 150, a fancy yellow diamond ring by
their intensity of colour and the clarity
Anton featuring an impressive 9.71ct
of the stone. Look for a stone that has
fancy light yellow trilliant cut diamond.
depth and richness of colour. The less inclusions in the stone will add to the
5. The rarest of all diamonds is the Type
value and also to its physical stability.
IIa diamond. Only 1% of diamonds
Some surface inclusions can make a
mined in the world fall into this category.
stone brittle and prone to chips and
Chemically they are the most pure
cracks. A translucent stone will display
and often have exceptional optical
more brilliance and purity.
transparency. Outstanding diamonds don’t come better than lot 136, a GIA
125 A RUBY AND DIAMOND RING $15,000-20,000
2. The most coveted emeralds are mined
certified 3.52ct emerald cut diamond.
in Colombia, premium rubies from
Not only is the stone Type IIa, it’s Colour
Burma and Kashmir being the finest
is D (the highest colour grade possible)
source for sapphires. However many
and it’s Internally Flawless (IF).
other mines around the world boast magnificent examples of these gems.
We look forward to presenting this
For example, lot 100 in our Fine Jewels
beautiful
sale is a magnificent Zambian emerald.
gemstones, diamonds, antique jewellery
Deep, rich green and translucent it
and timepieces at our Fine Jewels
displays all the qualities you wish to see
viewings in Melbourne and Sydney.
selection
of
coloured
in a stone of this calibre. Elizabeth Stannard 3. Most people have been educated
Senior Jewellery Specialist
about the 4Cs of diamonds. They are 200 A KASHMIR SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING $22,000-28,000
Colour, Cut, Clarity and Carat weight. The higher the quality, the greater the value. What many people may not know about diamonds is that they are the only gem composed of a single element – carbon. Diamonds form under high temperature and pressure about 150 kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. Their carbon atoms are bonded in basically the same way in all directions hence their incredible strength. 94 AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND RING $7,000-9,000
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DECORATIVE ARTS The Bolster Collection of Asian and Ethnographic Artefacts
A KHMER STONEWARE ZOOMORPHIC LIME POT, 13TH CENTURY 7.5cm high 9.5cm wide Estimate on Request
A KHMER CELADON GLAZED VESSEL CIRCA,13TH CENTURY 14cm high and 12cm wide Estimate on Request
Melbourne Auction Wednesday 11 July, 2pm
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A MING BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY With pictorial central design, 6.5cm high and 15cm wide Estimate on Request
Melbourne Viewing 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra VIC Wednesday 4 July, 9am-8pm Thursday 5 July, 10am-4pm
Melbourne Enquiries Chiara Curcio Head of Decorative Arts 03 8825 5635 | 0412 653 315 chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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A Lifelong Passion for Collecting New Zealand born environmental activist, Margaret Bolster AM was a patron of the arts and an ambassador for the appreciation of Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Art in Australia. In 1964, Margaret and her American husband, Thomas Bolster Jnr, opened Aladdin Gallery in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, and were among the first to introduce Indigenous and Asian arts to the Sydney market. Revered for their keen eye, the Bolsters sold many pieces that now form part of institutional collections including the Powerhouse in Sydney, the Art Gallery of NSW and the South Australian Museum. The gallery also provided a venue for aspiring contemporary artists and ceramicists, such as, Jeff Minchem and Marea Gazzard to exhibit. The Bolster Collection features a broad range of items including Himalayan and Tibetan artefacts and jewellery, Indian miniature paintings, central Asian textiles, Nomadic rugs, Khmer ceramics, Papua New Guinean and Oceanic artefacts. We look forward to celebrating Thomas and Margaret’s lifelong passion for collecting on Wednesday, 11 July at 2pm. Chiara Curcio Head of Decorative Arts
Margaret Bolster at the Aladdin Gallery in the1970s
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MODERN DESIGN
BITOSSI HORSE Red and black glaze over ceramic (stamped) Italy, c 1970s SOLD FOR $558
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Bitossi
Italian for shape, colour and style In the past several years pottery has crept Londi and Bitossi had a very successful out of the second hand market stalls and collaboration with legendary architectinto the realm of stylish homes, ‘what’s hot’ designer Ettore Sottsass. As a part of the BITOSSI CERAMIC AND GLAZED LAMP Orange textured shade, cream and orange glaze Italy, c 1960s SOLD FOR $558
pages of interior magazines, blogs and 1960s counter-culture, Sottsass thought Instagram. One particular brand in focus design should be provocative and sensual. is the famous Italian pottery manufacturer Sottsass’s
avant-garde
style
blended
Bitossi (designer Guido Bitossi established well with Bitossi’s mid-century modern near Florence, in Montelupo 1921). Bitossi aesthetic and generated a number of has made a noticeable resurgence in the highly collectible designs. Other Bitossi auction world with elevated hammer collaborators include designers Piero prices. No longer can you pick up a Fornasetti, Karim Rashid, Arik Levy, Fabio ceramic ashtray or Bitossi bull for $5 in the Novembre, Benjamin Hubert, Matteo local opportunity shop. These pieces are Thun, Monica Förster, and Cedric Ragot. highly coveted by the design savvy. The prestigious brand’s long history is Now considered to be an institution founded on a profound understanding of in Italian ceramics, the Bitossi family the material, and its natural propensity for and Vittoriano Bitossi Foundation have experimentation. Internationally known amassed an archive of over 7,000 historical for their excellence and creative spirit, it’s documents and materials in relation to the passion and skill of the hands of those their ceramic production. The collection who work the ceramic that is at the heart is still in production today and collected of Bitossi Ceramiche. by ceramic enthusiasts worldwide. The Bitossi Artistic Industrial Museum opened in 2003, and is world renowned as an industrial museum that exhibits
TWO ITALIAN BITOSSI BULL POTTERY FIGURES c. 1960s one yellow bull, one orange SOLD FOR $610
the artistic ceramics productions of the twentieth century, and in particular, from the mid nineteen-fifties up until the
“Pottery itself, in whatever form,
accepts with delight unusual combinations of periods, motifs colours and styles. It is forever experimenting with shape, function and texture”
present time. It currently covers two rooms GUIDO BITOSSI in a historic 1929 building that was the first site of the Bitossi factory. The Museum organises temporary thematic exhibitions and exhibitions of the architects and Anna Grassham designers who worked with the company. Head of Modern Design
A COLLECTION OF BITOSSI POTTERY c. 1960s Italy. SOLD FOR $1,098
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PRINTS
GORDON DE LISLE (1923-2002) From the Set of ‘On the Beach’ 1959 Anthony Perkins, Cynthia De Lisle, Donna Anderson and Stanley Kramer silver bromide photograph $800-1200
GORDON DE LISLE (1923-2002) From the Set of ‘On the Beach’ 1959 Fred Astaire in Farrari- Phillip Island silver bromide photograph $1000-2000
GORDON DE LISLE (1923-2002) From the Set of ‘On the Beach’ 1959 Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck in Berwick silver bromide photograph $800-1200
GORDON DE LISLE (1923-2002) From the Set of ‘On the Beach’ 1959 Stanley Kramer and Fred Astaire silver bromide photograph $800-1200
HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR IN MELBOURNE In 1959 Hollywood graced Melbourne, the chosen location for the able to capture relaxed moments of the cast and crew, a rarity in today’s blockbuster film ‘On The Beach’. Director Stanley Kramer came armed productions. with stars Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Tony Perkins. The production used well known Melbourne locations as their back drop These silver bromide photographs will be available to view on 13 of for the feature film and selected one worthy Australian photographer June as part of the Prints auction. to shoot stills of the film, set and behind the scenes for promotional material to advertise the film. Gordon De Lisle was recruited and was a Lucy Foster well known photographer at the time. He had complete access and was Art Specialist
Melbourne Auction Wednesday 13 June, 6.30pm
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Melbourne Enquiries Lucy Foster Art Specialist 03 8825 56230 lucy.foster@leonardjoel.com.au
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CHRISTIAN DIOR
LUXURY
Don’t buy much but make sure that what you buy is good ’
44 A LADY DIOR MICRO HANDBAG BY CHRISTIAN DIOR $2,400-4,000
A DESIGNER WARDROBE AT LEONARD JOEL Since its inception in 1925, the house of Dior has been a pillar of exceptional design and superior quality. Always tailored from exquisite fabrics with fastidious attention to detail, Dior pieces are desired but also wearable. Highlights from the house of Dior in this month’s June Luxury Auction include a chic navy silk blend mini dress and a stylish cream and black cashmere coat. There is also a selection of cult bags, include the Lady Dior micro and a Be Dior double flap bag. The June Luxury Auction also has several high fashion pieces from Dior, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Prada and several other couture designers. Bethany McGougan Luxury Manager
Melbourne Auction Wednesday 6 June, 6.30pm
37 A MINI DRESS BY CHRISTIAN DIOR $300-500
Melbourne Viewing 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra VIC Wednesday 30 May, 9am-8pm Thursday 31 May, 10am-4pm Friday 1 June, 10am-4pm Saturday 2 June, 10am-4pm Sunday 3 June, 10am-4pm Wednesday 6 June, 9am-4pm
Melbourne Enquiries Bethany McGougan Luxury & Jewellery Manager 03 8825 5645 bethany.mcgougan@leonardjoel.com.au
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COLLECTABLES
TV WEEK LOGIE AWARD 1970 The award for ‘Best Overseas Show’ was presented to The Mod Squad $1,200 - $1,500
TELEVISION NIGHT OF NIGHTS Australian television’s night of nights, the Clarence Williams III, were rebellious hippies for the Best Overseas Show award on behalf TV Week Logie Awards, celebrates the turned undercover investigators. The show of The Mod Squad cast and crew prompted entertainment industry and our favourite was progressive and ground-breaking; it was thousands of complaint calls to the Nine programmes, their stars, and those behind the one of the first television programmes to network, although when the offending word scenes. The 1970 awards, the 12th iteration feature an African-American lead character, was edited out of the repeat broadcast even of the ceremony, was held at The Southern and covered controversial topics, such as the more complaints were received about its Cross Hotel - an institution famous for hosting anti-war movement, illicit drug usage and omission! The Beatles three years prior – and hosted by domestic violence. One of the first broadcast The 1970 TV Week Logie for Best Overseas show biz stalwart Bert Newton. On that balmy interracial kisses was featured on The Mod Show, awarded to The Mod Squad, will be March evening, the award for ‘Best Overseas Squad, even though the ABC network tried to featured in the Collectables auction, on Show’ was presented to The Mod Squad. That prevent it from going to air.
Thursday 21 June.
category no longer exists, as the awards focus on local productions and home-grown talent.
The show also has an infamous connection with Nora Merralls the Logie Awards. In 1973, star Michael Cole Collectables Manager
The Mod Squad embraced the counterculture made history by uttering a certain four letter of the 1970s, as the three main characters word that had never been heard on Australian portrayed by Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton and television. Cole’s drunken acceptance speech
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SYDNEY Margaret Vine pictured with Australian artist Sir Russell Drysdale.
THE MARGARET VINE ESTATE OF APPLIED ARTS Margaret Ann Vine (1936 – 2018), born in
up exhibitions, enabling her to acquire some
This June online auction of Margaret’s estate
Brisbane, inherited her parent’s passion for
works directly from the artists.
faithfully represents her abiding passion for collecting and supporting the arts.
collecting. She lived in various Australian
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cities during her life, but spent a great deal
Her fine art and ceramic collections represent
of time in Brisbane (1963-1983). Her love of
a veritable “Who’s Who” of the period,
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collecting ceramics, fine art, jewellery, and
including Jon Molvig, Clifton Pugh, Arthur
Robert Williams
antique furniture developed strongly during
Boyd, Donald Friend, Nevil Matthews, Russell
Head of Decorative Arts, Sydney
this period. She had an eye for the unusual
Drysdale, Milton Moon, Carl McConnell, Peter
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and was in Brisbane when the city became
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a centre for emerging artists such as Jon
Col Levy. Margaret was also an avid supporter
Molvig, Milton Moon and Carl McConnell.
of the emergent immigrant artists such as
In this milieu of artistic activity, Margaret
Shigeo Shiga, Hiroe Swen, Josef Szirer and
worked for a local Brisbane gallery, setting
Shunichi Inoue.
Online Auction 21 May - 5 June
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136 AN IMPRESSIVE METALLIC RED AND ABSTRACT RESIST GLAZE PLATTER BY SHIGEO SHIGA (1928-2011), CIRCA 1979 $1,000-2,000
118 AN IMPRESSIVE STUDIO POTTERY JAR “WATERMELON” BY GRAHAM OLDROYD (1953-) $250-500
53 A GREEN GLASS RING BY JULIET MITCHELL $200-300
7 AN ARTICULATED RING BY TONE VIGELAND $260-300
61 A BLUE-GREEN GLASS RING BY KAZUKO MITSUSHIMA $180-220
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ASIAN ART
Now Consigning We are delighted to announce that Leonard Joel will be conducting a stand-alone Asian Art Auction this October. If you have a single piece or a collection that you would like to be part of this auction, please contact us for a complimentary valuation.
AN EXCEPTIONAL CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN TWO-HUMPED CAMEL, TANG DYNASTY (618-906AD) PROVENANCE: COLLECTION OF JAMES FAIRFAX AC SOLD FOR $86,800
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Barring-bul Many Walks A contemporary Indigenous Art Exhibition You’re invited to Barring-bul, an exhibition celebrating the talents of some of our country’s finest artists, brought together by the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) and Trinity College. Among others, in a Melbourne-first, three generations of Bardayal Lofty Nadjamerrek AO’s family will be showcased together. All artworks will be sold with proceeds being shared between the artists and MITS’s first perpetual scholarship.
12 June–30 November 2018 Gateway Building, Trinity College (University of Melbourne precinct) 100 Royal Parade Parkville Opening hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am–4pm Contact MITS on (03) 9429 3220
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THE 22ND REPORT #14
MR & MRS PEABODY AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
On Saturday 19 May, the Australian
when we will no longer deal in any
this kind of scenario, in my opinion,
business has not lost a single dollar
Financial Review ran a piece on the
whole ivory pieces, it is becoming
that drives a fear of embracing a
since our decision. And I am proud,
forthcoming parliamentary enquiry
clearer to me the challenge we face
cessation in ivory among my industry
both personally and professionally,
into banning the trade of elephant
in explaining to potential sellers why
colleagues.
that we are no longer playing a
ivory and rhino horn in Australia. I
they should not sell such materials
embrace
was interviewed for this article and
and why my industry colleagues so
“elephant in the room”, this fear of
I spoke about both auctioneer fear
fear supporting our policy.
revenue loss or business, remains
at upsetting potential sellers and
is
A
broader
stuck
industry
because
this
magnificent animals.
morally unresolved in the minds of
John Albrecht Managing Director
losing lucrative sales as the key
My analogy is the imaginary couple
my industry colleagues and buried
drivers behind a lack of appetite
Mr & Mrs Peabody who have a large,
in old and coarse arguments about
for a broader industry embrace of
and regrettably, valuable collection
“the right to sell old stuff from long-
the Leonard Joel policy on a trade
of ivory. The collection could be
dead animals”. In the meantime I will
cessation in these materials. As we
either all they have to offer for sale
continue to remind everyone willing
approach our centenary year and the
or it could be part of an even broader
to listen that the previously biggest
full implementation of our cessation
multi-category collection. It is exactly
auction-trader, Leonard Joel, as a
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part in the slaughter-origin of these
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AUTO BODY WORKS Curated by Patrice Sharkey, Director of West Space OPENING: Saturday 16 June | 3pm to 5pm | Arts Project Australia EXHIBITION DATES: 16 June – 21 July 2018
Chris Mason, Reclining Nude, 2015, ceramic, 19.5 x 35.5 x 42 cm.
Opening Saturday 16 June, Auto Body
Spencer Lai, Chris Mason, Tim Noble,
from many different angles, whether
Further
Works brings together artists from
Lillian Palser Barto, Steven Perrette,
these be internal, external, machine-
curators for 2018, we’re thrilled to
Arts Projects Australia and elsewhere
Jason Phu, Lisa Reid, Ander Rennick
like or the objectified / sexualised
announce artist Rhys Lee will curate
whose work considers human beings
and Terry Williams. The show is
body.” “Ultimately what links these
The Art of Living, showing from
in their object-ness in many different
centred on visual studies of the human
and ideas and forms is the duality of
28 July – 8 September. Meanwhile
ways: figuration, masking, costuming,
body, alongside experiments with
the body, and the way it functions as a
Dr
anthropomorphism,
automation,
materials—such as cloth, fabric and
space between the individual and the
Shepparton Art Museum, will be
internal systems, limbs, organic forms
organic matter—and other referents
rest of the world,” says Sharkey.
curating a show in October 2018.
and more.
that stand in for the human form, including ghosts, monsters, machines
Each
For more information, visit
Curated by Patrice Sharkey, Director
and animals. Throughout Auto Body
invites
of West Space, the exhibition explores
Works,
different
curators to work with Arts Project
bodies
boundary
interpretations of how bodies be
Australia to curate an exhibition that
between inside and outside, and
represented and reimagined. From
places the work of Arts Project studio
features works by: Fiona Abicare,
bodybuilding as a practice of control
artists alongside the work of other
Tully Arnot, Kara Baldwin, Georgina
to more desirous ideas of flesh and
Australian contemporary artists in our
Cue, Emily Dober, Saskia Doherty,
excess. As Sharkey explains, “I’ve
Northcote gallery space – Auto Body
Lewis Fidock and Joshua Petherick,
been
Works is the first externally curated
Bronwyn Hack, Miles Howard Wilks,
forms or the presence of the body
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and
skin
as
a
there
thinking
are
many
about
abstracted
year,
Arts
exciting
exhibition of 2018.
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Project and
Australia prominent
extending
Rebecca
our
Coates,
www.artsproject.org.au
external
Director
of
Australasian Art & Culture Magazine
Australasian Art & Culture
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