Australian + International Sculpture - 1

Oliffe Richmond
Oliffe Richmond (Australian 1919-1977)
Lizard Man, 1962
Bronze (Rare original casting, 3/6)
34 cm
Initialled to base
​Prov.: Initially purchased by Mr Epstien of Puerto Rico and then by descent until 2019 
Sold
 
​Oliffe Richmond was one  of Australia's truly International artist who was at the centre of the sculptural art world in the late 1950 and early 1960's England, with friends and associates including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth .
Extensive provenance available including extracts from original handwritten studio notes and photographs. This is from the original small edition done in the artists lifetime with good original patination, and not a later "variation".
Cain Bronze
Auguste-Nicolas Cain
French 1821 - 1894
Bronze
​26 cm high
Signed at base and monogramed to the top
$360 incl GST
Charles Douglas Richardson Australian sculpture
Charles Douglas Richardson
​Australian 1853-1942
Sketch of a Lion, 1895
Signed
Patinated plaster
18 x 22 cm
​Exhibited Victorian Artists Society, May 1895                     Sold
Lionel Bawden
Lionel Bawden (Aust. born 1974)
The Spring Tune, 2003
49 cm high
Coloured Staedtler pencils
SOLD

*Exhib: Dunedin Art Gallery, NZ, 2003
Achille Simonetti
Achille Simonetti 1838 - 1900
Thomas Hussey Kelly, Sydney - 1884
Signed, inscribed and dated 1884 
White marble bust standing on original plinth 
Bust height: 80 cm, plinth: 110 cm 
POA



Achille Simonetti was one of Australia's leading sculptors and his works are now very rare. This portrait bust is of Thomas Hussey Kelly, one of Sydney's most prominent business men. His business interests included wool and mining. He was very active in all branches of the arts,and Tom Roberts painted his portrait. Kelly was Commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Extensive research available.
Khmer stone torso
A Rare 12th Century Khmer stone torso of Vishnu.
​52 cm (66cm incl plinth)
Provenance: David Jones Gallery, Sydney - Indian Thai and Khmer Sculpture, 1968, Catalogue No.47, Illustrated.
Purchased from the above by James Fairfax, AC and listed and illustrated in his personal ring-bound catalogue as
​item number 4.
SOLD
Sabaean Stele
Sabaean Stele (200 BC - 200 AD)
An early Sabaean sandstone stele with traces of red ochre.
French export certificate available
​Height 37 cm
SOLD
Gandhara sculpture
A very rare 1st Century AD Gandhara sculpture of a Centaur
Height 18 cm
Exhibited: Pakistani Embassy, Canberra, 1969. 
Illustrated: A Perspective in History and Art from Ancient Times, Pakistan. 1969, p.36
SOLD

Gandhara sculpture
A very rare 2nd Century AD Gandhara sculpture of Yakshi
Yakshi is the female attendant of Kybera, the Hindu god of wealth.
Height: 29 cm
Exhibited: Pakistani Embassy, Canberra,1969. 
Illustrated: A Perspective in History and Art from Ancient Times. Pakistan, 1969, p.36
SOLD
sukhothai buddha
A 14th Century Thai Torso of a Buddha
Sukhothai Province
Stucco
28 cm high incl stand
Prov.: Dick Richards, Emeritus Curator AGSA and formally curator of Asian art 1968-2000.
Priv Collection Adelaide.
​$1,250 incl GST

Grand Tour Torso
A Monumental Marble Torso
Late 17th/18th Century or earlier
​Marble
65 x 37 x 20 cm excluding stand
SOLD
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Picture
Northern Thailand hand carved terracotta Buddha Head
From 13 – 14th Century
10 x 7cm
​Good provenance
$395 ​Incl. GST
Indian deity sculpture, 9th century
India, 9 - 12 Century AD
A Red Sandstone Relief Sculpture of a Deity
Height 33 cm
Price: $2,850 Incl. GST​
Prov: Sothebys Melb, May 2006
​Private Collection, Adelaide

Klaus Gutowski
Klaus Gutowski
Dairy Milk, 2016
Hand build porcelain, underglaze, metal chain
67 x 30 x 22cm


Klaus exhibits his work around Australia and internationally. His art work was selected for the Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Biennale in 2014 and in the same year his work was also shown at Harvard University, Boston, USA. His ceramic art has been selected as finalist in many awards exhibitions around the country.

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Stephen Bowers (Aust 1954 - )
Exotic Birds and Strange Fruit
Wheel thrown, earthenware, underglaze, clear glaze, gold lustre
7o x 67 cm
$12,500 incl GST

* Exhibited in Stephen's nationally toured show Beyond Bravura
John Dowie
John Dowie (Aust. 1915 – 2008)
The Reaper
Bronze
Height 59 cm
​Signed to the base
$9,900 incl GST
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JOHN BENNET
Head of an Ancestral Figure
Natural earth pigments on carved sandstone,
24 cm 
SOLD

*These sculptural heads are part of a rare group of stone heads carved by the Aboriginal communities of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. This movement started in the late 1970s and continued into the early 1980s with the patronage of the well-known collector Lord McAlpine and all these works have provenance back to Lord McAlpine.

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* Other Aboriginal Kimberly Heads available
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IAN GILBERT
Head of an Ancestral Figure
Carved sandstone
​31cm
​SOLD

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* Other Aboriginal Kimberly Heads available​
Ted Murowski
Ted Murowski (Australian)
Family
Fired clay
Signed
30 cm high
$145 Incl. GST​

Bergmann
Franz Bergman (Vienna 1861 – 1936)
A large cold painted bronze figure of a herdsman
​Bronze 30 cm high
Stamped to base with Bergman trademark and “Geschutzt 2892”, and repeated on base of the figures trousers.
For another example see Bonhams, Edinburgh, 26/6/2019
SOLD