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20/03/2026

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06/03/2026

Australian & International Art
2pm Sunday March 22nd

Session II - Art Online
Monday March 23rd

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Lot No. 172
MOLL, Carl (Austrian 1861-1945)
Gondolas on a Shaded Canal, Venice.
Distant view to what is considered to be St Mark's Campanile. Incised monogram 'CM' lower left. Ink customs stamp to panel verso.
Oil on Panel
33.5x34.5cm (sight) 34x35.5cm (chamfered panel)

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Sydney.

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

28/11/2025

Estate & Collector II: Asian & Fine Arts
(Lots 1001-1118)
11am Sunday November 30th

Lot No. 1003

19th C Chinese School
Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orchid Sprig
Oil on Canvas
61x44cm

Estimate: $2,500-4,500

View catalogue: https://auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au/asp/searchresults.asp?ps=51&st=D&sale_no=201++++&pg=7

28/11/2025

Estate & Collector I: Pictures
(Lots 1-323)
2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot No. 5

STREETON, Arthur (1867-1943)
'Cherry Blossom,' 1938.
Signed and dated lower left.
Oil on Canvas
73.5x60.5cm

PROVENANCE:
Oliver Streeton, the artist's son; private collection (gift from the above); Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25th August 1997 (lot 280); Estate Late Justin Schaffer.

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

View catalogue: https://auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=51&st=D&sale_no=201

08/10/2025

Australian & International Art
Sunday October 12th at 2pm
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On view Wed 8th 12-5; Thurs & Fri 9th/10th 10-5; Sat 11th 10-3; Sun 12th from 10am

Lot 211
HOCKNEY, David (British b.1937)
'The Older Rapunzel (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)' 1969/70.
Signed lower right.
DH PP watermark to paper.
Etching with Aquatint 53/100
22x25cm (plate) 44.5x40.5cm (sheet)

PROVENANCE:
Bruce Collection, Sydney

Estimate $1,500-3,000

05/08/2025

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16/05/2025

ABORIGINAL ART & ARTEFACTS
Tomorrow, Saturday May 17th at 2pm
L1, 41-43 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
View Today 10-5, Tomorrow from 10am

LOT 1003. YIRAWALA (1903-1976)
Bush Turkey, c.1959.
Natural Earth Pigments on Bark, 84x53cm
Est. $8,000 - 12,000

05/12/2024

Estate & Collector
Sunday December 8th, 10am

Lot 1300
German Fernseh Black & White Television Camera
Camera No.2 from Channel 9 studio, Willoughby, circa 1955.
The matching Channel 9 camera No.1, is now in the Powerhouse Museum. Camera No. 2 is thought likely to be the camera used by TCN-9 on the 16th Sep. 1956 for Australia's first commercial television broadcast. Lens marked 'Stud. 1'
Height as shown in photograph: 160cm

Estimate $2,000-4,000

Condition: Original unrestored condition. Missing viewing hood.

Vie Catalogue: https://auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=51&st=D&sale_no=190

03/12/2024

29/11/2024

Australian & International Art
Saturday December 7th, 2pm
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Lot No. 5

BLACKMAN, Charles (1928-2018)
'Skipping Games,' c.1954.
Signed lower right.
Additional painting verso of young girl.
Tempera & Enamel on Board
55x85.5cm

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Sydney.

OTHER NOTES:
In the early 1950s Charles Blackman explored the subject matter of schoolgirls and their shattering psychological world. They were a vehicle for him to express the deepest sentiments of his own childhood anguish: abandonment, fear, isolation and vulnerability. He saw how the innocence and playfulness of children juxtaposed with the unknown menace of evil created tension in a polarity that he could reinforce with his contrasting monochromatic hues.

The neon Skipping Girl Vinegar sign in Victoria Street, Abbotsford, that he regularly saw from the tram window was an inspiration introduced into his Schoolgirls series in 1954 when he began painting local Melbourne facades with their billboards. These girls are almost like abstractions, connected by the rope, in a game - yet they are facing opposite ways which plays with the tension of the scene.

Charles mostly painted straight onto cardboard using alternate sides, as art materials were scarce and costly. He made his own tempera paints from eggs supplied by Sunday Reed and used commercial tins of enamel paint:

"I'd paint the fronts and the back, and if they had sides I'd have painted the sides."

On the reverse a single large figure of a girl is painted, with a dark background that emphasises her isolation. It is typical of this era. Charles whitewashed over the face, probably to state that the right side was the one of the playing figures. This was common, and could possibly have been done with a white transparent road paint; underneath a face can be perceived. The signature is just his last name, which was common at this time. It may have originally been done with a home made tempera and is therefore reinforced by him again.

Christabel Blackman

ref. Christabel Blackman, 'A decade of art and love,' pub. Thames & Hudson, 2024 (related works illus. pp.128-129)

Estimate: $40,000-70,000