The Western Australian Collection
(Director: McKenzies)
April 2005
Catalogue
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1.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
Government House and St. Georges Terrace (c.1937)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
27 cm x 36.5 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
2.
after J. Alphonse Pellion (active
1817-1820)
Nouvelle-Hollande, Baie des Chiens Marins camp de l'Uranie, sur la Presqu
ile Peron
(Shark Bay, Western Australia)
Hand Coloured Engraving
Plate II from the atlas to Louis de Freycinet’s
“Voyage Autour du Monde” Published
Paris 1824
19 cm x 27 cm
Estimate: $600 – 900
Illustrated: “The Colonial Eye” by Barbara Chapman, 1979, p.21
Interestingly, the original watercolour was recently purchased in London
(at great expense), and brought back to Perth.
It shows de Freycinets wife near her husband (she apparently stowed away)
who is at the table – perhaps inspecting maps/charts, on the right hand side
of the image. However, in the
official journal illustration, she has been omitted.
3.
George Courtney Benson (1886-1960)
Albany Harbour
Watercolour, Signed lower right
17.5 cm x 33.5 cm
Estimate: $1,500 - 2,000
4.
Flora Bobone
Emu Brewery, Perth (c.1945)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
33 cm x 23 cm
Estimate: $300 - 400
5.
Captain George WR Bourne (Active
1895 – 1910)
Albany Harbour (c.1900)
Watercolour
19.5 cm x 32 cm
Estimate: $4,000 – 5,000
Marine and topographical artist. Was
Harbour Master of the Bunbury Port towards the end of his life, c.1910.
Like Garling in Sydney, he painted portraits of the visiting ships.
His works typically depict Esperance, Albany or Bunbury harbours and/or
the ships that visited these harbours.
Reference: McCulloch, “Encyclopedia of Australian Art” and Chapman, “The Colonial Eye”
6.
John Barker (1867-1943)
Nocturne
Watercolour, Signed lower left
30 cm x 21 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000
7.
Percy Ivor Hunt (1903-1971)
Figure Study of Jean Hunt (c.1930)
Pencil, Signed lower right
21.5 cm x 18 cm
Estimate: $200 - 300
8.
Iris Francis (1913-2004)
Swan River Fishermen, circa 1945
(City Skyline from Mounts Bay Road Jetty)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
26 cm x 32.5 cm
Estimate: $1,800 – 2,500
9.
Captain George WR Bourne (Active
1895 – 1910)
Rob Roy
Watercolour & Bodycolour
14.5 cm x 24 cm
Estimate: $1,200 – 1,800
10.
Florence Venables Hall (1897-1975)
Trilli
(Portrait of Flora Bobone)
Pencil, Signed & Dated ‘1938’ lower right
36.5 cm x 28 cm
Estimate: $700 – 1,000
Exhibited: Perth Society of Artists, 1938
11.
Ray Crooke (1922- )
Stockman’s Camp, W.A.
Oil on Board, Signed lower left
29.5 cm x 44.5 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,000
Note: Original,”von Bertouch Galleries” label verso, with title
12.
Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000)
Trio of Children (c.1944)
Oil Pastel on Board, Signed upper right
56 cm x 44 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,000
13.
Joseph Frost (1953- )
The Decoy at Mends Street Jetty, Evening
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right
24.5 cm x 30 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,000
14.
William Boissevain (1927- )
Still Life
Oil on Board, Signed & Dated ‘98’ lower right
85 cm x 73 cm
Estimate: $8,000 – 12,000
15.
Robert Richmond Campbell (1902-1972)
Kalgoorlie c. 1947 - 1949
Watercolour, Certificate of Authenticity verso
27 cm x 37 cm
Estimate: $500 – 1,000
16.
Desmond John Brennan (1945- )
Rottnest Island Hotel
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘86’ lower left
41 cm x 53.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Illustrated: “Impressions of Rottnest Island”
17.
Irene Carter (1900-1955)
Chapel, Saint Georges College, Crawley
Watercolour, Signed lower left
38 cm x 28 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
18.
Marshall Clifton (1903-1975)
Beach Scene (possibly
Cottesloe)
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘35’lower left
17.5 cm x 25.5 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,500
19.
Robert Richmond Campbell (1902-1972)
Ora Banda Mine Site
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘48’ lower left
26 cm x 36 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
20.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
The Hunter
Watercolour, Signed ‘JWRL’ & Dated ‘07’ lower left
16.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,000
21.
Rene Collot d’Herbois (1883-1960)
Bedfordale
Watercolour, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
21 cm x 27.5 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
22.
Allon Cook (1907-1971)
Sand Quarry, Swan Valley
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed
& Dated ‘54’ lower right
29 cm x 37.5 cm
Estimate: $1,600 – 2,000
Cook lived in Upper Swan, painting and tending his vineyard. This is a view east towards the Darling Ranges.
23.
Iris Francis (1913-2004)
Bunbury (c.1942)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
24.5 cm x 38 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
24.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
Perth
Aquatint, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title & ‘No. 52’ lower left
25.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,000
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker” by Arthur
Spartalis, 1989, p.61
25.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
Mount Eliza (c.1934)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
25 cm x 35 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
26.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
Perth from the Mount (c.1929)
Watercolour & Pencil, Signed lower right
15.5 cm x 27 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 2004
Catalogue No. 83, “Sunshine & Shadow”,
Published Art Gallery of W.A. 2004
27.
Desmond John Brennan (1945- )
Road to the Rottnest Hotel
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘86’lower right
36.5 cm x 51 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Illustrated: “Impressions
of Rottnest Island”
28.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
West Perth Roofs
(View from Roe Street to the Church on the
corner of Newcastle & Cleaver Streets)
Charcoal, Signed & Dated ‘1938’ lower left
Inscribed with title lower left
32 cm x 42 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
29.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
The Porongorups (c.1924)
Watercolour & Pencil, Signed lower right
26.5 cm x 38 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 2004
Illustrated: “Sunshine & Shadow” by Janda Gooding, 2004, p.73,
Catalogue No. 65
30.
Frank Mills (1901-1957)
Perth from South Perth (c. 1940’s)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
24.5 cm x 37.5 cm
Estimate: $1,200 – 1,600
31.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
Bush Landscape (c.1928-29)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
24.5 cm x 36 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 2004
Illustrated: ”Sunshine & Shadow” by Janda Gooding, 2004, p.19,
Catalogue No. 92
32.
George Pitt Morison (1861-1946)
Untitled Landscape
Watercolour, Signed lower right
25 cm x 37.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 2,500
33.
Bruce Malloch (1936- )
Beach Fisherman, Broome
Watercolour, Signed lower right
16 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $300 - 400
34.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
Perth Town Hall
Drypoint, Signed lower right
Numbered ‘17/31’ lower left
Inscribed with Title lower centre
21 cm x 10 cm
Estimate: $1,400 – 1,800
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker” by Arthur
Spartalis, 1989, p.38
35.
No Lot.
36.
Captain George WR Bourne (Active
1895 – 1910)
Juno
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘10’ lower right
Inscribed ‘Bunbury’ lower right
21.5 cm x 35.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Exhibited: W.A. Maritime Museum, 2002-2003
“Living On The Edge Exhibition”
37.
Captain George WR Bourne (Active
1895 – 1910)
Dartford
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘10’ lower right
Inscribed ‘Bunbury’ lower right
21.5 cm x 35.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Exhibited: W.A. Maritime Museum, 2002-2003
“Living On The Edge Exhibition”
Untitled Landscape
Watercolour, Signed ‘JWRL’ in monogram & Dated ‘08’ lower
left
20 cm x 33.5 cm
Estimate: $3,500 – 4,500
Illustrated: “Line, Light & Shadow” by Anne Gray,
1986, p.79
39.
Desmond John Brennan (1945- )
Rottnest Ferry
Pencil, Signed & Dated ‘86’ lower right
21.5 cm x 28.5 cm
Estimate: $250 – 350
Illustrated: “Impressions of Rottnest Island”
40.
Artist Unknown
Swan Brewery & Mounts Bay Road, circa1900
Watercolour
24 cm x 33.5 cm
Estimate: $3,000 -
4,000
41.
Artist Unknown (same artist
as Lot 40.)
(most likely) Swan River Scene, (c. 1900)
Watercolour, bears signature, ‘D. Logan’ lower right
16.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $300 - 400
Note: It is highly likely the
same artist painted lots 40., 41. and 42.
42.
Artist Unknown (same artist
as Lot 40.)
(most likely) Swan River Scene, (c. 1900)
Watercolour
16.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $300 - 400
43.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
Artist In His Camp (Self
Portrait)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
Inscribed ‘My Camp Hut Outback’ lower centre, indistinctly
19.5 cm x 14 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 6,000
44.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
The Haunt of the Heron (c.1921-28)
Colour Woodcut, Signed lower left
Inscribed with Title & ‘28/50’ lower right
19.5 cm x 22 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,000
Illustrated: “Sunshine & Shadow” by Janda Gooding, 2004, p.39
45.
Frank Norton (1916-1983)
Wilson’s Inlet, Denmark
Oil on Board, Signed & Dated ‘Dec. 1961’ lower left
Inscribed with Title lower left
27 cm x 44.5 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,400
46.
Percy Ivor Hunt (1903-1971)
Portrait of Jean Hunt
Watercolour, Signed lower left
33 x 23.5cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
47.
Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000)
Leading To The Rim
Mixed Media, Signed centre right
55 cm x 88 cm
Estimate: $3,500 – 4,500
48.
Frank Mills (1901-1957)
Rottnest (c.1950)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
28 cm x 38 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
49.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
Broken Walls
Drypoint, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
35.5 cm x 14 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker”
by Arthur Spartalis, 1989, p.32
50.
Iris Francis (1913-2004)
The Ketch Taipan, Fremantle (c.1947)
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right
29 cm x 34 cm
Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000
Note: The Ketch ‘Taipan’ was later renamed ‘Shangri-la’.
51.
Kathleen O’Connor (1876-1968)
Self Portrait
Oil on Panel
Signed ‘O’Connor’ lower left & ‘KLO’C’ lower right
40 cm x 28.5 cm
Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000
52.
Eva Benson (c.1885–1949)
Classical Figure Study (c.1908)
Oil on Canvas
78 cm x 78 cm
Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
Benson studied art at Perth Technical College (under Linton) and later at
the London Polytechnic where she won a prize for still life painting.
In 1909 she won a prize for drawing from, “The Antique”, (awarded by
Lady Hackett, see Lot 90.)
She seems to be a little forgotten here in W.A.
(This is hopefully rectified by this catalogue).
She exhibited her sculptural works at the Royal Academy, London and the
Old Salon, Paris.
Lots 52. and 53. are likely works completed before she left for London.
The AGNSW acquired her bronze, “Psyche”, in 1924.
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Australian Art: Volume 1”,
by Alan McCulloch, 1984, p.102
53.
Eva Benson (c.1885–1949)
Saint Georges Cathedral, Perth (Anglican)
(c.1908)
Oil on Canvas
84.5 cm x 59.5 cm
Estimate: $3,500 - 5,000
Reference: “Encyclopedia of Australian Art: Volume 1”, by Alan
McCulloch, 1984, p.102
54.
John Barker (1867-1943)
Showery Day, Near Albany
Watercolour, Signed lower right
16.5 cm x 22.5 cm
Estimate: $500 - 800
55.
Desmond John Brennan (1945- )
Rottnest Pathway
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘89’lower left
36.5 cm x 46.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
56.
George Courtney Benson (1886-1960)
Through the Trees
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘44’ lower left
39.5 cm x 43.5 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
57.
Joseph Frost (1953- )
Morning Light, from Kings Park
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left
24.5 cm x 40 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,500
58.
Bruce Malloch (1936- )
Stubble Feeders, near Broome Hill
Oil on Board, Signed lower right
25 cm x 46 cm
Estimate: $400 - 700
Sugar Gums, Pelican Point
(With a view to Como)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
26.5 cm x 37 cm
Estimate: $1,600 – 2,000
60.
John Paterson Campbell (1855-1924)
Stanley Brewery,1903
(Corner Spring Street and Mounts Bay Road)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
Inscribed ‘Perth, W.A.’ lower right
40 cm x 68 cm
Estimate: $15,000 – 20,000
This work shows the corner of
Mounts Bay Road with the view North up Spring Street.
The Stanley Brewery commenced life
in 1836 as, “Albion”, on this
site.
In 1902 the brewery, now renamed,
was rebuilt. This work (and another
– virtually identical, owned by the Swan Brewery), was probably commissioned
to herald the new building.
In 1908, it became the Emu
Cooperative Brewery.
(See Lot 4., which depicts the Emu
Brewery c.1945).
Later, the company was bought out
by the Swan Brewery.
This work is so much more than an
architectural rendition. The
Clydesdales and carts with their beer barrels, the proudly flying company flag,
the worker peering out from the window, with every brick and piece of limestone
depicted. Also, the almost rural
looking view up Spring Street, which gives a sense of the passage of time to the
present day.
61.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
The White Sail (c.1921-34)
Colour Woodcut, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title & ‘2/50’ lower left
18 cm x 12.5 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,000
Illustrated: “Sunshine & Shadow” by Janda Gooding, 2004, p.29
62.
Ken Knight (1956- )
Chidley Point, from Blackwall Reach, 1996
Oil on Wooden Panel, Signed lower left
10.5 cm x 23 cm
Estimate: $700 – 1,000
Note: The first picture painted in W.A. by the artist
63.
Cyril George Lander (1892-1983)
East Perth Power Station
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘1949’ lower right
26.5 cm x 32.5 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
64.
Marcus Beilby (1951- )
Perth Railway Station
Oil on Canvas, Signed & Dated ‘92’ upper centre
(on building window)
34.5 cm x 65 cm
Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000
65.
Tom Alberts (1962- )
The Blindfolded Painter
Oil on Linen, Signed & Dated ‘1994’ lower right
44.5 cm x 39.5 cm
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000
66.
William Alan Baker (1921-2004)
Villager, Crete
Charcoal, Signed lower right
32.5 cm x 38 cm
Estimate: $200 - 300
67.
John Barker (1867-1943)
Mother’s Sorrow
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left
69.5 cm x 89.5 cm
Estimate: $14,000 - 18,000
John
Barker was a member of the British Watercolour Society before arriving in
Narrogin, W.A. in the spring of 1924.
Interestingly,
both of his sons had taken Returned Soldiers passages to W.A. in 1923.
World
War I, called, “the war to end all wars” undoubtedly had an effect on the
artist, as his sons were involved in it. Barker was one of the only W.A. artists
of the era to tackle narrative works of any scale. The subject work, “Mothers
Sorrow”, is possibly the most powerful W.A. narrative work of its time.
Its meaning is obvious and the dark tonings intensify the mood of anguish
and heartbreak it portrays. Another major narrative work by Barker, “Land of
His Forefathers”, 1934, (illustrated; W.A. Art and Artists 1900 – 1950, AGWA
publication, page 54) depicts the Albany Aborigine, Jonny Cockles, gazing over
the Swan Coastal Plain.
68.
Portia Mary Bennett (1898-1989)
Swan Lake
Watercolour on Silk, Signed lower right
22 cm diameter (fan-shaped)
Estimate: $3,000 - 4,000
69.
Annie J Campbell (active
c.1897)
On the Gold Path
Watercolour, Signed lower right
24.5 cm x 13.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance: Estate of Margaret Forrest
(Wife of Sir John Forrest)
Margaret Forrest is recorded as having visited Kalgoorlie for painting,
as she was an amateur artist.
Reference: Chapman, “The
Colonial Eye”, page 120.
The only other known work by this artist exists in the Art Gallery of W.A.
collection.
70.
John Paterson Campbell (1855-1924)
Swan Brewery
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘1904’ lower right
Inscribed ‘Perth, W.A.’
lower right
41 cm x 69.5 cm
Estimate: $25,000 – 30,000
Brewerys
seem to be one of Campbells favourite subjects.
The
Swan Brewery began business in St. Georges Terrace in 1857, before moving to the
base of Mt. Eliza in 1897. This new
brewery was designed by Joseph Talbott Hobbs to look like an English castle.
The
Brewery had a stable of 24 Clydesdales which were gradually replaced by steam
wagons. The company’s barge is
depicted on its way to Fremantle.
(See
Lot 100.)
More
than simply an architectural rendition, the work is full of charm.
It includes the company’s wagons, horses, workers and a beautifully
painted distant riverscape.
References:
Refer to Lot 100.
Swan River Dinghy
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘72’ lower left
38 cm x 46 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
72.
Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981)
Seated Nude
Oil on Canvas, Signed & Dated ‘50’ lower right
60 cm x 50 cm
Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000
73.
Margaret Benoit (1941- )
Burning the Cuttings
Oil on Board, Signed lower left
39.5 cm x 75.5 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
Lighthouse, Bathurst Point, Rottnest
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘86’ lower right
36 cm x 48 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Illustrated: “Impressions of Rottnest Island”
75.
Arthur Wakefield Bassett (1869-1948)
The Birth of Day, Gooseberry Hill
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left
Inscribed with Title on reverse of canvas
38.5 cm x 49 cm
Estimate: $5,000 - 6,000
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
76.
Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000)
Horse Breaking, Mt. Anderson Station
(c.1955)
Mixed Media, Signed lower left
44.5 cm x 57 cm
Estimate: $3,500 – 4,500
77.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
Rocking the Cradle
Watercolour, Signed ‘JWRL’ & Dated ‘95’ lower left
22.5 cm x 28.5 cm
Estimate: $4,000 – 5,000
78.
William Boissevain (1927- )
Clouds Over the Wet Plains
Oil on Board, Signed & Dated ‘98’ lower left
74.5 cm x 109 cm
Estimate: $6,000 – 8,000
79.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
View To William Street, Perth (c.1935)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
27 cm x 36 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 1987
80.
Bruce Malloch (1936- )
The Boat Shelter, Nornalup
Watercolour, Signed lower right
17 cm x 21.5 cm
Estimate: $350 - 450
81.
Arturo Cruz (1950- )
At the Beach
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed & Dated ‘03’lower right
20.5 cm x 29 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
82.
Arturo Cruz (1950- )
Vineyard Workers
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed & Dated ‘03’ lower left
20.5 cm x 29 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
Still Life
Watercolour, Signed lower right
27 cm x 21.5 cm
Estimate: $700 - 900
84.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
Self Portrait in Singlet (c.1950)
Oil
74.5 cm x 59.5 cm
Estimate: $6,000 – 8,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 1990
Illustrated: “Harald Vike” by Julian Goddard, 1990, p.50
Illustrated: “South To Sillytown” by Bill Marks, 1997, front cover
85.
Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981)
Still Life
Oil on Board, Signed & Dated ‘60’ lower right
54.5 cm x 44.5 cm
Estimate: $16,000 – 22,000
86.
Allon Cook (1907-1971)
North Point, Cowaramup
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed & Dated ‘55’ lower left
34 cm x 61 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
87.
Cyril George Lander (1892-1983)
Toodyay Valley
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘52’ lower left
27 cm x 35.5 cm
Estimate: $1,600 – 2,200
(Quite likely) Thompson Bay, Rottnest
Watercolour, Signed lower left
23 cm x 33 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,000
89.
William Boissevain (1927- )
Portrait
Oil on Board, Signed & Dated ‘67’ lower right
28.5 cm x 27.5 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
90.
Florence Ada Fuller (1867-1946)
Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett, (c. 1905)
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left
80.5 cm x 62.5 cm
Estimate: $35,000 – 45,000
Deborah
Vernon Hackett (1887 – 1965).
Mining
company director and welfare worker, was born at West Guildford, W.A.
daughter of Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, surveyor, and his wife Grace
Vernon, nee Bussell, the heroine of the shipwreck of 1878 near the mouth of the
Margaret River. Of their seven
children Deborah was the third daughter and middle child.
She was unusual: an
individualist from an early age. She
was educated at Guildford Grammar School for boys, which then took a few girls
from surrounding homesteads and she spent much of her time at Wallcliffe,
exploring caves, riding and learning
to know the aboriginals.
The
Drake-Brockmans were a good looking family.
Deborah too possessed a most pleasing delicacy of feature and blue eyes.
She also had “fire” and a quick mentality.
Despite family disapproval, at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Busselton,
on 3 August 1905 aged 18 she married Irishman (Sir) John Winthrop Hackett, forty
years her senior. They had 4
daughters and a son, all of whom were particularly gifted; the son General Sir
John Hackett, Commander in Chief of the British Army of the Rhine, became
principal of King’s College, University of London on his retirement from the
British Army.
Lady
Hackett became a society hostess and worked strenuously for the war effort
during World War I. The French
Government rewarded her with a Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise.
She edited a tome “The Australian Household Guide”, Perth 1916, which
purported to contain everything that an Australian housewife might want to know.
Profits went to charity and a second edition in 1940 again paid large
sums for the Red Cross Society.
Sir
Winthrop Hackett died in 1916. In
1918 Lady Hackett married Sir Frank Beaumont Moulden in Adelaide and moved there
to live. As his Lady Mayoress in
1920 – 22, she raised 100,000 pounds for Adelaide charities besides
re-establishing the South Australian branch of the National Council of Women,
and becoming first State Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association.
In
1923 she became interested in some rare Australian minerals, specifically
tantalite. By 1925 she was convinced
of the wealth tantalite could bring Australia if developed.
She went to the U.S. and made a contract with the Fansteel metallurgical
corporation. In 1932 Tantalite Ltd
was incorporated. In World War II
her tantalum was used in developing radar.
In
1932 the University of Western Australia honoured its benefactor’s widow when
the Winthrop Hall was opened by conferring on her the degree of Doctor of Laws
‘in absentia’ because of the recent death of Sir Frank Moulden.
In 1936, Melbourne, she married Basil Buller Murphy, a barrister 9 years
her junior; she became known as Dr. Buller Murphy.
She supported the Women’s Auxiliaries of Melbourne’s Hospitals and
welfare committees and proffered untiring hospitality.
Intrepid, with superabundant energy and an enquiring mind, she was in
every way an unusual woman of strong character.
Predeceased
by her third husband (d.1963), she died at her home Lordello, Kilsythe, on 16
April 1965 and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth.
A portrait of her in oils by James Govett is at St. George’s College in
the University of W.A.
Florence
Ada Fuller (1867-1946)
Born
South Africa. Arrived Melbourne as a
child. Studied at Julien’s Paris
1894-1901; settled Perth 1904. Fuller
arrived in Perth after studying at the National Art School in Melbourne.
A Member of the Theosophical Society, she produced an impressive series
of portraits of local and international members, as well as teaching and
painting portraits. Her most notable
pupils were Daisy Rossi and Kathleen O’Connor.
This
artwork sets the high point for formal portraiture in
Western Australia.
91.
Arthur Esam (1850-1938)
On Horseback, Goldfields, W.A., 1894
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘94’ lower centre
20 cm x 15 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,400
Esam took up the position as Secretary at a Brewery in Coolgardie in
1893. Later, he worked for the “Kalgoorlie
Miner”. The AGWA has a work dated
1894 (the same as the subject work here), titled, “Gold Escort, Kalgoorlie”.
References: Chapman “The
Colonial Eye”.
McCulloch, “Encyclopedia of Australian Art”.
92.
Percy Ivor Hunt (1903-1971)
The Ships Captain (c.1946)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
32.5 cm x 23 cm
Estimate: $1,200 – 1,800
93.
Robert Litchfield Juniper (1929-
)
Australian Landscape with Fragments
Mixed Media and Collage on Belgian Linen
Signed & Dated ‘00’ lower left
152 cm x 122 cm
Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000
94.
James Swinton Diston (active
c.1890-1930)
Freshwater Bay, Swan River,
W.A.
Oil on Board, Signed lower left
Frame inscribed with title lower right, “Freshwater Bay”
47 cm x 67.5 cm
Estimate: $1,800 – 2,500
Not much is known of this artist. However,
he must have been quite successful, as many of his works have survived, which
means he must have sold quite a few in the first place.
We know he was in W.A. because a few W.A. works have “come to light”
in recent years.
95.
George Pitt Morison (1861-1946)
Solitude
Colour Woodcut, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
12.5 cm x 17 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
96.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
Mounts Bay Road & the Swan Brewery
Watercolour, Signed ‘JWRL’& Dated ‘13/2/07’ lower left
17.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Estimate: $3,500 – 4,500
97.
No Lot
98.
No Lot
99.
Desmond John Brennan (1945- )
Green Island, Rottnest
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘86’ lower right
34 cm x 50.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000
Illustrated:
“Impressions of Rottnest Island”
100.
John Paterson Campbell (1855-1924)
View of Perth
Watercolour and gouache, Signed lower right
Dated ‘09’ indistinctly lower right
48.5cm x 95.5 cm
Estimate: $40,000 – 50,000
References: Chapman “The
Colonial Eye”.
McCulloch, “Encyclopedia of Australian Art”.
Janice Baker, AGWA, Campbell Catalogue and Essay, 2003.
Provenance: Formerly in the
collection of Rene Rivkin.
This is
very likely the most significant early 20th Century topographical depiction of
Perth to appear on the market in recent memory.
Until
recently, not much was known about Campbell.
However, the exhibition of his works at the AGWA, late 2003, with the
attendant catalogue and research for a lengthy catalogue essay, have greatly
added to our knowledge about him.
His
precise detail and observation is what makes his work historically significant.
That and the fact that whilst most artists at the time painted landscape,
he depicted the urban environment.
Also,
his works exude a charm which lifts them above mere architectural documentation.
He included people, horses, cars and signage.
For instance in one of his works, “Perth Railway Station”, 1903, an
advertising billboard announces;
“For
pictures of residences commission Mr. J. Campbell, Scenic Artist, Perth.”
From
1901 to 1911 the population of Perth almost doubled from 44,000 to 87,000.
Gold mining and the expansion of primary industries, gave Perth a sense
of optimism which this work, dated 1909 portrays.
In this
scene, the sun is dipping behind Mount Eliza, casting a shadow into the
sheltered cove. (Now infilled, for
roadways). Small sailing vessels ply
the water, with a ferry boat passing through The Narrows.
A small tram travels along Mounts Bay Road near the Chinese market
gardens and the docks of Perth seem to be bustling with commercial activity.
101.
Duncan McGregor Whyte (1865-1953)
Beach Scene
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed lower right
24.5 cm x 39 cm
Estimate: $14,000 – 18,000
References: W.A. Art, Holmes
a Court Collection, by Anderson. Published;
Heytesbury Holdings Ltd. 1986.
W.A. Art & Artists 1900
– 1950, Janda Gooding, AGWA
Whyte
was no doubt one of the most proficient artists in oils, in Perth during the
early part of the twentieth century.
He
arrived in Perth in November 1916 and went back to Scotland sometime after 1920,
but is recorded as living in Argyllshire by 1923.
He
exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, the Royal Scottish
Academy, the Royal Academy (London), the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in
Watercolours, and the Paris Salon. He
won the James Torrance Memorial Prize in 1947.
102.
Iris Francis (1913-2004)
Old Customs House, Fremantle, circa 1940’s
Watercolour, Signed lower left
27 cm x 38.5 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
103.
Joseph Frost (1953- )
Perth, from Kings Park
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left
29.5 cm x 39.5 cm
Estimate: $4,500 – 6,000
104.
Ella Fry (1916-1997)
Surreal Farming Landscape W.A.
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right
39.5 cm x 50 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
Represented: Art Gallery of
W.A.
She was a well known member of The Board of Trustees at the AGWA.
Reference: McCulloch, “Encyclopedia
of Australian Art”.
105.
Percy Ivor Hunt (1903-1971)
Visiting Dutch Vessel
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘52’ lower left
25 cm x 34 cm
Estimate: $1,200 – 1,600
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 1980
106.
Ella Fry (1916-1997)
Surreal Farming Landscape
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right
39.5 cm x 50 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
Represented: Art Gallery of
W.A.
She was a well known member of The Board of Trustees
at the A.G.W.A.
Reference: McCulloch, “Encyclopedia
of Australian Art”.
107.Audrey
Greenhalgh (1903 -1992)
Storm at Evening
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed & Dated ‘47’ lower left
44.5 cm x 57.5 cm
Estimate: $2,500 – 3,500
Exhibited: Art Gallery of W.A., 1987
Exhibited: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 1994
108.Herbert
Gibbs (1852-1940)
Vasse Inlet
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘18’ lower right
18 cm x 27 cm
Estimate: $1,600 – 2,000
Exhibited: Art Gallery of WA, 1987
Illustrated: “Western Australian Art & Artists”, by Janda
Gooding, 1987, p.29
109.Frederick
Garling (1806-1873)
HMS Challenger with a distant coast
Watercolour
28.5 cm x 46 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
Note: The Vessel commanded by
Captain Fremantle
110.
after Robert Dale (1810-1856)
Panoramic View of King George’s Sound,
Part of the Colony of Swan River
Hand Coloured Aquatint and Etching
Inscribed with Title lower centre
Drawn by Lieutenant Robert Dale and Etched
by Robert Havell
Published London 1834
18 cm x 274.5 cm
Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000
Lieutenant
Robert Dale (of the 63rd Regiment) was stationed at King George Sound, Albany.
This
etching and aquatint was made in 1834 by Robert Havell after sketches or
paintings by Dale, made during the period he was stationed at King George Sound.
It shows Princess Royal Harbour where the main settlement was established
and to the left of that, King George Sound and Oyster Harbour.
The cleared area to the left is the present site of the ‘Old Farm’
Strawberry Hill. The group of
soldiers and natives
on the
right make up a party returning from a kangaroo hunt.
Nakinna,
chief of the King George Sound tribe, lived most of the time at the settlement,
but eventually rejoined his people. He
is probably the native shown wearing European clothes.
The party of natives in the centre of the panorama are returning from a
fishing expedition to the coast.
Reference:
“The Colonial Eye” 1979, Barbara Chapman, and illustrated, p.30
111
Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981)
Banksias
Oil on Canvas, Signed & Dated ‘50’ lower right
50.5 cm x 40.5 cm
Estimate: $12,000 – 15,000
112. John
Barker (1867-1943)
Kalgan River, Albany
Watercolour, Signed lower right
14 cm x 18.5 cm
Estimate: $400 - 600
113.Lionel
Jago (1882-1953)
Untitled Landscape (c.1930)
Oil on Board, Signed lower left
30 cm x 37.5 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
114.Katherine
Munro Jarvis (1910-2002 )
Rooftops, Fremantle
Watercolour, Signed lower right
18 cm x 37 cm
Estimate: $500 – 600
Note: Member, Perth Society of Artists
115.Leach
Barker (1897-1967)
The Basin, Rottnest (c.1941)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
27 cm x 37 cm
Estimate: $600 - 900
Note: Son of the artist, John
Barker (1867 – 1943)
116.Cyril
George Lander (1892-1983)
Untitled Landscape
Watercolour, Signed lower right
18.5 cm x 28 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,400
117.Frank
Norton (1916-1983)
Depuch Island (Off Onslow)
Oil on Canvas on Board, Signed & Dated ‘May 29/62”
Inscribed with Title lower left
31.5 cm x 44 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
118.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
Perth Jetty (probably Barrack Street Jetty)
Watercolour, Signed ‘JWRL’ & Dated ‘1907’ lower left
22 cm x 29.5 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
119.
Bruce Malloch (1936- )
The City Bloke
Oil on Board, Signed lower right
20 cm x 30 cm
Estimate: $600 - 800
120.
John Paterson Campbell (1855-1924)
Osborne Park Hotel & Tram Line, 1904
Oil on Board, Signed lower right
34 cm x 59.5 cm
Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000
Note: A watercolour of this subject
is held in the Holmes a’ Court collection.
This work shows the Northern end of
the tramline at the Osborne Park Hotel. The
people all seem to be dressed in their “Sunday Best”.
Maybe it was a special occasion – or a large picnic.
Janice Baker, in her catalogue
essay for the AGWA exhibition, speculates that maybe this painting paid for
Campbells stay at the hotel. Equally
likely is that the owner commissioned the work.
It is an intriguing work with more
detail becoming apparent the more one studies it.
References:
Chapman “The Colonial Eye”.
McCulloch, “Encyclopedia of
Australian Art”.
Janice Baker, AGWA, Campbell
Catalogue and Essay, 2003.
121.Bruce
Malloch (1936- )
Between the Reef and Shore, Broome
Oil on Board
15.5 cm x 26 cm
Estimate: $500 - 700
122.Bill
Mearns (1931- )
West Australian Pearling Lugger
Watercolour & Pencil, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
49 cm x 70.5 cm
Estimate: $1,800 – 2,500
123.
Duncan McGregor Whyte (1865-1953)
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on Canvas, Signed & Dated ‘1918’ lower right
55 cm x 45 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,000
124.
George Pitt Morison (1861-1946)
Standing Nude
Charcoal, Signed & Dated ‘1893’ lower right
Inscribed ‘Academie Julien, Paris’ lower right
35.5 cm x 61 cm
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
Pitt Morison spent many weekends painting with Streeton, Roberts et.al.
between 1886-1889. In 1890 he
traveled to Paris to study at the Academie Julian.
He eventually became chief curator of art at the then W.A. Museum and Art
Gallery.
Reference: W.A. Art &
Artists 1900 – 1950 by Janda Gooding.
Art Gallery of W.A. publication
125.Walter
Paterson Meston (1870-1936)
Dangin Landscape
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘26’lower right
21.5 cm x 34 cm
Estimate: $500 - 700
126.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
The Road Thro’ Karri
Drypoint, Signed lower right
Numbered ‘20’ lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
49 cm x 29.5 cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker”
by Arthur Spartalis, 1989, p.33
127.
Leach Barker (1897-1967)
Height of Summer
(Looking towards Bluff Knoll, Stirling Ranges)
Watercolour, Signed lower right
37 cm x 55 cm
Estimate: $700 – 1,200
128.
John Barker (1867-1943)
Sunlit Hill
Watercolour, Signed lower right
18.5 cm x 27 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
129.Pippin
Drysdale (1943- )
Bowl
Glazed Ceramic, Signed & Dated ‘Nov 86’ on base
30 cm diameter
Estimate: $300 – 500
(Illustrated next page)
130.
Pippin Drysdale (1943- )
Vessel (Tanami Series)
Glazed Ceramic, Signed & Dated ‘2002’ on base
38 cm height
Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500
(Illustrated next page)
131.
Pippin Drysdale (1943- )
Vessel (North II
Series)
Glazed Ceramic, Signed & Dated ‘2001’ on base
44 cm height
Estimate: $3,000 – 5,000
132.
Flora Landells (1888-1981)
Blue Jug
Glazed Ceramic, Signed on base
Inscribed ‘Perth, W.A., Handmade’ on base
16 cm height
Estimate: $400 – 500
133.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
Chest
Copper, Brass, Enamel, Wood & Velvet
Stamped with artist’s seal, lower left, front.
8 cm x 22 cm x 14.5 cm
Estimate: $3,000 – 4,000
Exhibited: Mundaring Arts Centre, 2003
134.
James WR Linton (1869-1947)
12 Coffee Spoons
Stirling Silver
Spoons stamped with artist’s seal
Estimate: $1,000 – 2,000
135. James
WR Linton (1869-1947)
Box
Copper, Brass, Enamel & Wood
Inscribed with initials ‘R.T.’ & ‘1-4-1931’ on latch
5 cm x 8.5 cm x 5 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
136. Guy
Grey-Smith (1916-1981)
Vase
Glazed Ceramic, Signed on base
36 cm height
Estimate: $700 – 1,000
Provenance: Salek Minc Collection
137.
Amy Heap (1894-1956)
Princess Royal Harbour, Albany
(From the Marine Drive)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
20 cm x 30 cm
Estimate: $1,800 – 2,500
138.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
A Karri Tree Glade
Aquatint, Signed lower right
Numbered ‘17/60’ lower left
Inscribed with Title lower centre
38 cm x 24 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,100
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker”
by Arthur Spartalis, 1989, p.46
139.
Walter Rowbotham (1879-1951)
Mount Hawthorn Street Scene, circa 1930’s
Watercolour
23.5 cm x 30.5 cm
Estimate: $400 – 800
Note: Rowbotham became Art
Master at Perth Tech. in the 1930’s.
Represented: Art Gallery of
W.A.
140.
Brian Simmonds (1938- )
Albany
Pastel, Signed lower left
29 cm x 44.5 cm
Estimate: $400 - 600
141.
Adolphe Gustave Plate (1874-1914)
Landscape with Pyramids, circa 1911
Watercolour, Signed lower right
22.5 cm x 59.5 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,500
142.
after Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887)
Port du Roi Georges
(King George Sound, Albany)
Hand Coloured Lithograph
Inscribed with Title lower centre
Plate 23 from the atlas to J. Dumont D’Urville’s “Voyage de l’Astrolabe”
Published Paris 1833
21 cm x 32.5 cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
Illustrated: “The Colonial Eye” by Barbara Chapman, 1979, p.26
One of the natives, dressed in European clothes given to him when on
board the Astrolabe, is showing the others his presents, including a mirror.
143.Walter
Rowbotham (1879-1951)
Corner Shop, Leederville, circa 1930’s
Watercolour
24 cm x 30 cm
Estimate: $400 – 800
Note: Rowbotham became Art
Master at Perth Tech. in the 1930’s.
Represented: Art Gallery of
W.A.
144.
Jamie Russell (1969- )
Claremont Park
Oil on Canvas, Signed & Dated ‘01’ lower left
20 cm x 25.5 cm
Estimate: $300 – 500
145.
John Barker (1867-1943)
Evening, Near Albany
Watercolour, Signed lower right
13.5 cm x 17.5 cm
Estimate: $400 - 600
146.after
Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887)
Habitans du Port du Roi Georges
(Inhabitants of King George Sound, Albany)
Hand Coloured Lithograph
Inscribed with Title lower centre
Plate 24 from the atlas to J. Dumont D’Urville’s “Voyage de l’Astrolabe”
Published Paris 1833
22.5 cm x 32.5 cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
Illustrated: “The Colonial Eye” by Barbara Chapman, 1979, p.26
Two natives spent a night aboard the Astrolabe on separate occasions.
One carried a lighted banksia cone which served as a torch and enabled
him to relight fires.
147.Clifford
Dudley Wood (1905-1980)
Perth
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘1946’ lower right
33 cm x 42 cm
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
148.Harald
Vike (1906-1987)
Cubist Park Scene
Watercolour, Signed & Dated ‘59’lower left
55 cm x 77.5 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
149.
Harald Vike (1906-1987)
Pastoral Scene (c.1940)
Watercolour, Signed lower left
25.5 cm x 38.5 cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
150.
Henri van Raalte (1881-1929)
Valley Trees
Drypoint & Aquatint, Signed lower right
Inscribed with title & Numbered ‘2nd Proof’ lower right
32.5 cm x 45.5 cm
Estimate: $900 – 1,200
Note: More commonly released as ‘Gulley
Stones’
Illustrated: “Henri van Raalte, Master Printmaker”
by Arthur Spartalis, 1989, p.36
151. Robert
Thompson
Dredge, William Street Jetty
Watercolour, Signed lower right
23.5 cm x 31 cm
Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000
152.Marjorie Tarling
(1900-2000 )
Portrait of a Girl, 1929
Pastel, Signed lower left
26.5 cm x 22 cm
Estimate: $1,400 – 2,000
Note: Completed whilst a
teacher in Kalgoorlie
153.
Brian Simmonds (1938- )
Breakfast Time, The Dome, Rottnest
Pastel, Signed & Dated ‘01’ lower right
41.5 cm x 57 cm
Estimate: $800 – 1,200
154.
Ross Shardlow (1950- )
Beverley Farmland
Oil on Board, Signed lower right
12.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Estimate: $400 - 600
155.
Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944)
The Shag (c.1921-22)
Colour Woodcut, Signed lower right
Inscribed with Title lower left
17.5 cm x 12.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 – 2,500
Illustrated: “Sunshine & Shadow” by Janda Gooding, 2004, p.24
AUCTION
CONCLUDED
A
Artist Unknown
40, 41, 42
Baker W A
66
Barker J
6, 54, 67, 112, 128, 145
Barker L
115, 127
Bassett A W
75
Beilby M
64
Bennett P M
68, 71, 83
Benoit M
73
Benson E
52, 53
Benson G C
3, 56
Bobone F
4
Boissevain W
14, 78, 89
Bourne G W R
5, 9, 36, 37
Brennan D J
16, 27, 39, 55, 74, 99
C
Campbell J P
60, 70, 100, 120
Campbell R R
15, 19, 88
Carter I
17
Clifton M
18
Cook A
22, 86
Crooke R
11
Cruz A
81, 82
D
Dale R (after)
110
D’Herbois
R C
21
Diston J S
94
Drysdale P
129, 130, 131
Durack E
12, 47, 76
E
Esam A
91
F
Francis I
8, 23, 50, 102
Frost J
13, 57, 103
Fry E
104, 106
Fuller F A
90
G
Garling F
109
Gibbs H
108
Greenhalgh A
107
Grey-Smith G
72, 85, 111, 136
H
Hall F V
10
Heap A
137
Hunt P I
7, 46, 92, 105
J
Jago L
113
Jarvis
K M 114
Juniper R L
93
K
Knight K
62
L
Landells F
132
Lander C G
63, 87, 116
Linton J W R
20, 38, 43, 77, 96, 118, 133, 134, 135
M
Malloch B
33, 58, 80, 119, 121
Mearns B
122
Meston W P
125
Mills F
30, 48, 59
Morison G P
32, 95, 124
N
Norton F
45, 117
O
O’Connor K
51
P
Pellion J A
(after) 2
Plate A G
141
R
Rowbotham W
139, 143
Russell J
144
S
Sainson L A de
(after) 142, 146
Shardlow R
154
Simmonds B
140, 153
T
Tarling M
152
Thompson R
151
V
van Raalte H
24, 34, 49, 126, 138, 150
Vike H
1, 25, 28, 79, 84, 148, 149
W
Webb A B
26, 29, 31, 44, 61, 155
Whyte D M
101, 123
Wood C D
147
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES
(Not West Australian, but very relevant in regard to van Raalte’s, Webb’s,
et.al. artworks.
Also, written simply and concisely.)