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135 MIRKA MORA (BORN 1928) Mermaid Creature handmade painted doll 81cm (length) $3,000 - 5,000
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EVERYTHING NEW IS OLD AGAIN John Albrecht, Managing Director Leonard Joel
Antique, period, vintage, second-hand, pre- be considered to be “more collectable” and understand that if they are looking simply impossible to source internationally unless owned, reproduction, in the style of; these therefore more valuable – the idea being for a look, then they need to know that this you were a government body. A decade or two are just some of the descriptors used by that something that was old was usually rare will often not be underpinned by either ago no one would have conceived of these our industry and collectors to pin-point the and more special (greater craftsmanship) quality of manufacture or rarity of producer; items as “collectable” or as “old” or as “rare” age, ownership or style of an object or work than something that was “made yesterday”. the traits that often assist the future value of but I find myself becoming slowly convinced of art. As I enjoy regularly walking retail My American experience is also interesting an item. Secondly, if they want more than a that these objects too will permanently form and antique shopping strips and looking because on every one of my trips to the USA I look then they need to seek out those items part of the accepted collecting lexicon. In at the latest window display I am taken by have consistently noticed that their use of the that also represent scarcity of supply (rarity), 2013 new collectors find themselves faced just how blurred the line has truly become word “antique” is more about style than age. longevity of appeal (a hard thing to predict) with an unrestricted spectrum of collecting between what is old and what is new. Gift There it seems they are generally less fixated and quality and complexity of manufacture. opportunities that seems to say “everything shops, stationery shops and interior design on how old something is and more about With these additional filters the young is collectable if enough people want it to be”. shops regularly showcase fascinating items how it looks - which gets to my point, I think! collector will go a long way toward becoming I think new collectors need to be aware that that on their face look old but are perfectly As the definitions about what is collectable a discerning collector. Finally, I think there good design, wonderful craftsmanship and new. Once upon a time, perhaps at least have become more blurred so to have the is a need for active and younger collectors “good buying” can now be found throughout until the advent of the American post-war distinctions between what is old, what is new alike to decipher the current post-war and the periods (not just the currently cool consumer/collector, it was clear what was and everything in between. In this age when design-focused offering and separate the ones) and that maybe the ultimately most old (or antique) and what wasn’t. In simple potentially everything is collectable (a very truly decorative from the modern item of personally satisfying “look” and “surround” terms the various antique associations of the democratic notion indeed) seasoned and substance. I write these tips but I profess is the one where every period, from antique world deemed something “antique” if it was new collectors alike should be wondering to still be “working out” the direction of to contemporary, has been incorporated in to 100 years of age and not antique if it was any how this will impact their approach to collecting in the 21st century. Very recently I a kind of grand eclecticism. younger. For many of the twentieth century’s collecting and I think it will be affected in was shown the most extraordinary collection decades this was a useful delineation to several different ways. Firstly, I think young of industrial glass vessels and parts; no assist people with determining what might collectors and decorators of things need to longer available in Australia and probably
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A BIRKIN HANDBAG BY HERMES The handbag styled in Blue Jean Togo leather with Palladium metal hardware, 35cm. $8,000 - 12,000
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147 PETER BLIZZARD (1940-2010) Untitled steel with concrete base 222cm (height including base) $3,000 - 5,000
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3003 MICHAEL LEUNIG (BORN 1944) Simply This lithograph 76/85 $400 - 600
Leonard Joel is pleased to announce that effective 12 March, Giles Moon will take the role of Head of Modern Design. In his current role as Head of Collectables, Giles is a familiar face at Leonard Joel and brings 25 years of international auction industry experience to this category. He commented ‘Over the last two years we have seen exceptional growth in post-war design and I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to further develop this exciting and vibrant area of collecting at Leonard Joel’. Giles is currently accepting entries for the forthcoming Collectables and Modern Design sales in May and August respectively. Enquiries Giles Moon Head of Modern Design (03) 8825 5635 giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au
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3008 ROBERT JACKS (BORN 1943) Cello 2002 screenprint 10/20 $600 - 800
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A DANISH OLIVE LEATHER WINGBACK ARMCHAIR Sold for $ 793 IBP
AUCTION 21 MARCH AT 12pm A VINTAGE FAIRGROUND GIRAFFE Sold for $ 1,159 IBP
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Leonard Joel auctioned their first Monthly vendors equally pleased. Some of the sale Interiors Auction on February 7, a concept highlights included a Danish sofa selling designed to offer what is fashionable and for $2600, a Vintage Railway Clock selling popular in art and furnishings amongst for $700, and a quirky Vintage Fairground Melbournians. The auction was met with Giraffe selling for $950. resounding approval with eager buyers Leonard
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6 CALLUM MORTON (BORN 1965) New Canaan, Connecticut 2001 from the series ‘Local +/or General’ digital print, from an edition of 30 76 x 150cm $4,000 - 6,000
15 § HAZEL DOONEY (BORN 1978) Study for Big Pin Up: Miss July 2010-2011 gouache on 100% cotton cold-pressed paper 47.5 x 23.5cm $1,800 - 2,500
Fine Art Auction Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 6:30pm
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55 RICK AMOR (BORN 1948) The Sisters 1990 oil on linen 69.5 x 90cm $28,000 - 32,000
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48 DAVID BROMLEY (BORN 1960) A painted cube depicting various scenes acrylic on canvas on board 39 x 59 x 59cm $800-1,200
90 JOHN BRACK (1920-1999) Reaching 1973 conte on paper 25 x 17.5cm $15,000 - 20,000
49 DAVID BROMLEY (BORN 1960) A painted cube depicting various scenes including butterflies and children acrylic on canvas on board 59 x 59 x 59cm $1,000-2,000
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256 Sapphire and diamond pendant by de Grisogono $10,000 - $$15,000
At our new time spot, Leonard Joel is proud to offer a wide variety of Fine Jewellery including designer, Antique and contemporary pieces, as well as an extensive range of wristwatches including Rolex, Cartier, Bvlgari and Jaeger LeCoultre. This auction also features a single owner collection of luxurious gems from a private estate. Pre-Owned Luxury moves to the new timeslot of 1pm Thursday 28 March. Viewing times as advertized. Printed catalogues available on request.
84 Automobile brooch $1,000 - $1,500
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205 Tahitian pearl and diamond pendant $2,200 - $2,800
204 Tahitian pearl and diamond earrings $2,600 - $3,000
133 Diamond & Pearl pendant necklace $40,000 - $50,000
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ANDANTE Bernard Hall in his studio in 1930 where Andante hangs to the right of the artist. Photograph taken by Pegg Clarke, courtesy of the University of Melbourne.
Bernard Hall in his National Gallery studio circa 1986 showing an engraving/photograph of Andante hanging beside his desk Photographer unknown, Courtesy of the University of Melbourne
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ANDANTE
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Probably The London Magazine, London,
a tree playing the double pipe. When
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935)
9th February 1889, page number missing*
exhibited at the Institute of Painters in
Andante circa 1887-1888
‘Royal Art Society: A Strong Exhibition’,
Oil Colours in London in 1888, it was
oil on canvas
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney,
praised for its beauty of form and accurate
signed ‘B. Hall’ lower left
25 August, 1906, p. 13
draughtsmanship with one critic noting ‘to
30.5 x 69cm
say that it is far and away the best nude in * References sourced from Bernard Hall
the exhibition is to give a meagre idea of
PROVENANCE
Papers, National Gallery of Australia,
its merit’. i
Purchased in 1890 from the artist by
Canberra
Photographs of the artist’s Melbourne studios from 1906 and 1930 show Andante
Elsinore Mary Shuter (who later became the artist’s wife)
RELATED WORK
proudly displayed in the background,
Remained in Bernard Hall’s collection until
Andante, oil on canvas, 62 x 138cm,
suggesting that Hall treasured this early
he died
Sotheby’s Australia, Fine Australian
work. As noted by Gwen Rankin, Hall
Private collection, Melbourne
Paintings, Melbourne, 30/04/1995,
produced later versions of at least seven
lot no. 50
or eight early paintings, most painted originally in England and remaining in
EXHIBITED
Installation shot of Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Bernard Hall, Athenaeum Galleries, Melbourne, 27 May- 8 June 1935, where Andante is on display on the back wall Photographer unknown, Courtesy of Private Collection, Melbourne
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Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London
OTHER NOTES
the artist’s possession, and Andante is
1888
Leonard Joel is grateful to Gwen Rankin,
one such example. ii In a larger scale
Royal Art Society of New South Wales,
whose biography of Bernard Hall will be
version of the work painted in the 1920s,
Sydney 1906, no. 73
released in May 2013, for her assistance in
Hall captures the same graceful nymph
Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Bernard
cataloguing and researching this work.
at the foot of a tree, however with this
Hall, Athenaeum Galleries, Melbourne, 27
$8,000-12,000
later work he has added figures to the clearing in the landscape in the upper
May- 8 June 1935, no. 35, 30gns, referred to as Andante (original sketch)
English-born Lindsay Bernard Hall came to
left corner. In justifying this practice to a
Exhibition of Paintings and Antiques: The
Australia in 1892 following his appointment
disgruntled purchaser of the painting The
Works and Collection of the late Bernard
as the Director of the National Gallery
Quest, Hall explains ‘you are mistaken in
Hall, Esq., Illawara, Melbourne, 2-13 June
of Victoria and Head of the Art School.
thinking I am acting entirely contrary to
1936, no. 45, 15gns, referred to as Andante
Through the Felton Bequest, Hall was
the etiquette of the artist’s profession in
Sketch
responsible for important purchases of
repeating myself occasionally in this way....
art which are amongst the great treasures
there is absolutely nothing to prevent an
LITERATURE
of the NGV today, such as Pissarro’s
artist doing this- varying or bettering his
‘Institute of Painters in Oil Colours’,
Boulevard Montmartre and Rembrandt’s
results- I suppose I have done so in about
The Graphic, London, 10 November 1888,
Two Philosophers.
half [a] doz[en] cases out of my own many
p. 491
Painted while Hall was still living in
pictures’. iii
The Times, London, 3 November 1888,
London and working as a black and
page number missing*
white artist for the illustrated press,
i The Times, The Globe and probably The London Magazine, sourced
The Globe, London, 5 November 1888,
Andante depicts an Arcadian scene with
ii Correspondence with Gwen Rankin, 8 February 2013
page number missing*
a nude nymph classically reclined under
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from Bernard Hall Papers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra iii Bernard Hall, Draft Letter, recipient unknown, 8 October 1919, Bernard Hall Papers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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The Murray Walker RESULTS
Lot 196 DEPARTMENT STORE DOUBLE SIDED WOOD DIRECTION SIGN ‘HALL STANDS’ AND ‘LINOLEUMS’ 183CM LONG Sold for $ 1,300 IBP
THE MURRAY WALKER COLLection RESULTS
Discerning collectors of Australian history
The top price of the day was achieved by
gathered in the Leonard room for the
lot 179, a John Brack lithograph ‘Junior
Murray Walker Sale on 14 February. For
Latin American’ 1969 which sold for $6,700
more than half a century well known artist,
(IBP) against an estimate of $1,800-2,500.
collector and social historian Murray Walker
The pick of the furniture was a stunning
formed one of the finest private collections
set of garden furniture constructed entirely
of Australian depression furniture, objects,
from
art, ceramics and ephemera. Unsurprisingly,
(IBP) against an estimate of $3,000-4,000.
there was spirited bidding from institutional,
Another highlight was a magnificent ‘Hall/
private and trade buyers with many lots
Linoleums’department store sign lot 196
exceeding their pre-sale estimates.
that realised $1,300 against an estimate of
horseshoes
that
realised
$4,390
$200-300.
Lot 179 JOHN BRACK (1920-1999) Junior Latin American 1969 lithograph 28 x 42.5cm Sold for $ 6,700 IBP
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Soo Pieng Cheong
Soo Pieng Cheong
242
One of the leaders of Singaporean modern
works within the confines of the traditional
art, Soo Pieng Cheong has influenced a
Chinese ink colour scheme to present
generation of artists, both through his own
geometric houses in a landscape while lot
practice and over twenty years of teaching at
242 subverts the traditional use of black ink
the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Cheong
by including vibrant colour to portray an
holds the honour of his famous work,
ideallic, fertile land.
Drying Salted Fish 1978, being featured on
Lesser known are Soo Pieng Cheong’s
the Singaporean fifty dollar note. Women
late 1960s and early 1970s works in which
with elongated limbs and almond shaped
the artist used found objects and metal to
eyes are distinctive characteristics of his
produce relief works (see lot 241). These
work and are common to Drying Salted Fish
relief works, which are rarely seen on the
and Two Women (lot 241).
auction market, feature a unique use of
Born and educated in China, Cheong moved
metal, hessian and tile. The figures here
to Singapore in 1945 and toured throughout
are represented in a domestic scene and
Southeast Asia and Europe. Inspired by
feature the relaxed elegance common to his
his extensive travel, Soo Pieng Cheong
representation of Southeast Asian women.
incorporated both Western abstract and
As Singaporean art historian T.K. Sabapathy
traditional Chinese ink and oil painting
notes, the artist ‘did not con¬fine him¬self to
techniques
from
the medium of paint¬ing; he also pro¬duced
Southeast Asia, hence the term Nanyang
sculp¬tures and sought to extend the
(directly translated to ‘South-Seas’) art. In
para¬met¬ers of paint¬ing, par-tic¬u¬larly
1952 he and three other Singaporean based
in rela¬tion to sur¬face and mater¬ial
Chinese artists travelled to Bali. This trip
prop¬er¬ties,
space,
was crucial to Soo Pieng Cheong’s practice
figure-ground
rela¬tion-ships,
and to the development of Singaporean
and narrative’.i His innovative talents are
art. Following this trip and throughout
evident in the three works offered in this
his career Cheong would return to the
auction, which have remained in a private
representation of the remote villages he
collection for over four decades.
to
represent
scenes
form,
tex¬tures, imagery
saw in Bali. In the two village scenes offered (lots 242 & 243) we see the convergence of
i T.K. Sabapathy, National Art Gallery, Singapore,
Western and Chinese art traditions with the
http://nationalartgallery.sg/exhibition-events/csp/the-
use of abstract gestures in ink, a medium
exhibition/highlights, accessed 22/2/13
central to Chinese scroll painting. Lot 243
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210 A FINE QUALITY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER AND CRYSTAL CENTRE PIECE MAKER’S MARK WALTER AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON CIRCA 1878 Sold for $10,370 IBP
A Boutique Single-Owner Estate RESULTS Categories both new and traditional were and furs discovered in a wardrobe prompted Barnard leading the results with a hammer clearance by lot. well represented in Leonard Joel’s first single heated
competition
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bidders, price of $10,300 (IBP), closely followed by Selected jewellery from the collection will
owner auction for the year, when a boutique with only a few lots failing to find a home. an extensive Victorian Queen’s pattern silver be offered as a single owner component single owner collection was offered in an Highlights included a Louis Vuitton Evasion flatware service which realised $8,500 (IBP). of Leonard Joel’s March Fine Jewellery evening auction on Tuesday 5th February. monogrammed sports bag, which sold for While the category of collector’s cars is Auction. For enquiries about an appraisal Viewed in-situ at the late vendor’s Armadale $850 (IBP) and a full-length black and brown commonly known for being plagued by ‘tyre of your single owner collection or important property and dispersed to a packed saleroom panelled mink coat, which realised $1,100 kicking’ browsers, two bidders showed no individual item contact: at Leonard Joel’s South Yarra premises, (IBP).
such reserve in Tuesday night’s auction when
the collection included pre-owned luxury The recent surge in silver prices was a beautifully presented 1999 S-Type Jaguar Guy Cairnduff goods, traditional decorative arts, silver and reflected in the results realised for the fine sedan was competed to a hammer price of The Specialist Collector, Head of Department furniture and collector’s cars, offered the quality offering of English sterling silver in $14,600 (IBP), rounding out a thoroughly guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au / 0407 type of variety auctioneers dream of.
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A veritable gold mine of designer accessories and crystal centrepiece by Walter and John hammer price of $164,700 (IBP) and 89%
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177 A VICTORIAN FOUR PIECE STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, MAKER’S MARK WH LONDON 1841 - 1843 Sold for $3,904 IBP
214 A BURR WALNUT CANTEEN CONTAINING A COMPREHENSIVE STERLING SILVER QUEENS PATTERN FLATWARE SERVICE FOR EIGHTEEN 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Sold for $8,540 IBP
198 A LOUIS XVI STYLE BERGERE AND OTTOMAN WITH FAUX ZEBRA STRIPE UPHOLSTERY Sold for $3,904 IBP
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190 A BANG & OLUFSEN ‘BEOVISION 4 85” BLACK TELEVISION, 2052 x 1244 x 122mm, TOTAL WEIGHT 144KG, COMPRISING SCREEN BEOVISION 4 85”, REMOTE CONTROL BEO 6 TOUCH SCREEN, FRONT SPEAKER BEOLAB 3 WALL MOUNTED AND CENTRE SPEAKER BEOLAB 7.6 WALL MOUNTED $25,000 - 35,000
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
“Shop here for value and friendly service”
Artist, illustrator, designer and photogra- Bar. The independent one stop shop with pher Eamon Donnelly is exhibiting a collec- everything you needed to live day to day. In tion of colourful and wonderfully nostalgic this constant changing world, the Milkbar photographic prints of Melbourne Milk represents an idealised image of the AusBar’s titled “Shop here for value and friendly tralia we used to know, the faded signage service” at Carbon Black Gallery, 188 High and empty corner shops still dotted around Street Prahran until March 10th. Donnelly our cities remind us of a simpler time, a time has been photographing Milkbars for the when you knew your fellow shopkeeper by past 5 years as a photographic record of the first name.” shops that are decayed, closed, barely surviving and fading away within Melbourne His devotion to documenting the fading and it’s surrounds. These images form an suburban icon has also seen him self pubarchive of the memories we all have of those lished a photographic book on the Australhot and sticky summer afternoon’s when you ian Milk Bar titled Milkbar: A Photographic rode your BMX up the melting bitumen to Archive Vol 1. released in October 2012. the corner shop, punched your way through The book has since been acquired by the the plastic fly door strips and demanded an State Library of Victoria and the Melbourne ice cream in exchange for your 40 cents in 1 Museum Library for thier collections and he and 2 cent coins.
is currently writing and photographing Aus-
Carbon Black Gallery 21st Feb – 10 March 188 High Street, Prahran
tralia’s first and foremost coffee table book “Long before the Americanised 24 hour on the Australian Milk Bar. ‘convenience’ stores and before the ‘Big Two’ overhauled how we buy our milk and http://carbonblackgallery.com.au/ bread with petrol, on nearly every third cor- http://eamondonnelly.com/ ner of the Australian suburbs lived the Milk http://www.islandcontinent.com.au/
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modern Design
MODERN DESIGN AUCTION THURSDAY 7 MARCH at 6.30pm
The first of Leonard Joel’s bi-annual Modern Design Auctions will take place on Thursday 7th March at 6.30pm. The auction will host a vast array of International and Australian art and design including furniture, decorative objects and electrical items. Many items of great importance to Australian Design History will be on offer, such as a Walter Burley-Griffin chair designed in 1916, a desk designed by Grant Featherston for the Brighton Municipal Offices in 1959, and Clement Meadmore chairs. Other names rarely seen at auction but equally as important are Australian Designers George Korody, Paul Kafka, Fred Ward and Deborah Halpern.
42 WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE (1883-1960) A SPARTON BLUEBIRD WITH BASE United States, c.1936 tinted mirror, chrome, wood 36.5dia cm $ 4,500 - 5,500
International design highlights include furniture and lighting from Joe Colombo, a pair of Ernest Race Springbok chairs, a Bruno Gambone Vase, a collection of Venini glass and a Spartan 506 Bluebird Art Deco Radio.
21 A CHAISE LONGUE Norway, c.1980 leather, steel, wood 180l cm $2,000 - 2,500
The Modern Design Auction Thursday 7 March 2013, 6.30pm
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Preview Saturday 2 March 2013 10am – 4pm Sunday 3 March 2013 10am – 4pm Wednesday 6 March 2013 9am – 8pm
Enquiries Eoghan Doherty, Weekly Furniture Manager (03) 8825 5632 eoghan.doherty@leonardjoel.com.au
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CLASSIC FURNITURE & OBJECTS
A CHINESE RED LACQUER AND CARVED SIX PANEL SCREEN 20TH CENTURY $5,000 - 8,000
Classic FURNITURE & OBJECTS
Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894-1973) God Unknown Marble, ebonised wood $20,000 - 30,000
Entries Invited Classic Furniture & Objects Auction Tuesday 21 May 2013 Melbourne Now Consigning European and Australian Furniture; Porcelain; Silver; Clocks; Australian Decorative Arts; Asian Works of Art; Single Owner Collections Entries must close Friday 5 April 2013 Specialist enquiries contact Guy Cairnduff on 03 8825 5611
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