Joel Fine Art

Melbourne

Highlights of Important Aboriginal Art auction, 3 June 2008

Maggie Napangardi Watson
Snake Vine 1997
Estimates: $180,000 - 220,000

Paddy Bedford
Merroowin 1998
Estimates: $80,000 - 120,000

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Garimala 1988
Estimates: $50,000 - 70,000

Results of Important Australian and International Art auction

Outstanding results were achieved for works auctioned on April 21. Howard Arkley’s complex and moving work Suicide and Henry Scott Tuke’s Boys on a Beach 1909 realized $122,000 and $156,000 respectively. John Coburn’s Alderbaran II sold for $109,800 and the Potter and the Seashore by Arthur Boyd achieved a pleasing $85,400. Another auction record was attained in the sale of Brett Whiteley’s Lipstick 1981 which sold for $32,940, the highest price recorded for a colour lithograph. (All prices include buyer’s premium).

For further information please contact our Melbourne Office on 03 9822 2411 or email here.

Sydney

Upcoming Exhibitions

Joel Fine Art is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of works by Emma Langridge and James Parrett, in association with Andrew Gaynor. In both 2004 and 2005, Langridge was a finalist for the Metro 5 Art Prize, and is represented in major corporate and private collections in Western Australia and Victoria. Parrett was a finalist in the McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey for 2005 and 2007 and is represented in public and private collections in Victoria.

Scheduled for 2009, Joel Fine Art is delighted to be exhibiting the works of renowned botanical artist John Pastoriza- Piñol and two other internationally celebrated artists, working within the same genre. These artists form a select group exploring unusual and rare species of flora, in often a macabre manner, unseen in many works of botanical art.

For enquiries please contact Crispin Gutteridge on 02 9331 0533 or email here.

Brisbane

The Red Tide Exhibition

Joel Fine Art is pleased to announce its participation in the Queensland Festival of Photography by exhibiting Vivienne Kelly’s The Red Tide, which opens on Saturday 26 April. The Red Tide is a collection of photographic works that journey into imagined and constructed habitats where mysterious and ancient life systems from the ocean appear on land. The phosphorescent plankton that occur in a ‘red tide’ produce their own light through bioluminescence, and it is this kind of behaviour along with the characteristics of photosynthesis that form the basis for the exhibition. The Queensland Festival of Photography is a month long program involving 20 institutions and galleries from Brisbane to Toowoomba to Cairns showcasing the diverse nature of contemporary photographic practice across Australia. Artists participating include Tracey Moffatt, Bill Henson, Patricia Piccinini and Marian Drew. The Red Tide opens at Joel Fine Art, 159 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington on Saturday 26 April at 4pm and Vivienne Kelly will present an artist talk the following day at 2pm.

For enquiries please contact Michael Fox on 07 3217 6400 or email here.

JFA Australia

Private Treaty

Sale by Private Treaty offers clients an alternative to selling works via the public auction process. To cater for this demand Joel Fine Art offers a discreet method of sale within our network of national galleries in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. These devoted exhibition spaces provide periods during which collectors can view and purchase important works of art and sculpture that are not intended for auction sale. Works for sale are continually available throughout our national offices.

For further information please contact Jeni Fleming on 03 9822 2411 or email here.

JFA Australia

Now offering Fine Art Underwriting

For decades now international auction houses have offered their clients the opportunity to guarantee a minimum price for their work at auction while still enjoying the upside in price that an auction can achieve. We are now offering this to our Australian clients to complement our suite of art advisory and valuation services.

To discuss Fine Art Underwriting please contact John Albrecht on 03 9822 2411 or email here.