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Women Artists

Featuring artworks by female artists both past and present who may not have received the recognition they deserved in their lifetime, or even today.

AUCTION

Sale: LJ8821
14 September 2026, 6:00pm Hawthorn

VIEWING

Friday 11 - Sunday 13 September, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Road, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT

Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au
Tel: 03 8825 5666

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Lot 1

MARY CECIL ALLEN (1893-1962) (Reflections) c.1920 oil on canvas laid on board 38 x 29.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 2

SYBIL CRAIG (1901-1989) Camellias oil on canvas 45.5 x 45.5cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 3

JO SWEATMAN (1872-1956) (Valley Landscape) oil on canvas 74.5 x 62cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 5,000

Lot 4

VIOLET MCINNES (1892-1971) Carnations Still Life oil on canvas 49.5 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 5

NORAH GURDON (1881-1974) Wallflowers c.1927 oil on canvas laid on board 38.5 x 28.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 6

NORAH GURDON (1881-1974) A Winter's Day c.1937 oil on canvas 44 x 54cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Lot 7

GLADYS REYNELL (1881-1956) Mixed Bunch 1947 oil on board 63.5 x 60cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Lot 8

AILEEN DENT (1890-1978) Zinnias c.1936 oil on canvas 71 x 65cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 9

MARIE ANNE TUCK (1866-1947) Gathering Blossom on the Hill, Adelaide Hills c.1920 oil on board 31 x 24cm

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,500

Lot 10

LILL TSCHUDI (Swiss, 1911-2004) Visiting Day 1937 linocut, ed. 20/50 30 x 25cm (image); 34 x 28cm (sheet)

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Lot 11

DORRIT BLACK (1891-1951) Sleeping Judge, Witness & Barrister 1930 Bookplate for S. R. Phippard linocut 13 x 10.5cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 12

EVELINE SYME (1888 - 1961) The Duomo Steps, Siena 1931 linocut, ed. 3/25 23 x 18cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Lot 13

DORA L. WILSON (1883-1946) Carmenchita oil on canvas laid on board 59.5 x 59.5cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Lot 14

IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE (1888-1960) Back to Fairyland ink on card preliminary sketch verso 22.5 x 27.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 15

ETHLEEN PALMER (1906-1958) Finches and Gum Blossom 1935 linocut, ed. 12/50 14 x 15.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 16

ETHLEEN PALMER (1906-1958) Masked Finches 1936 linocut, ed. 26/75 10 x 11cm (image)

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 17

ALICE MUSKETT (1869-1936) (Boats, Northern Africa) c.1911 oil on canvas on board 26 x 21cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 18

NORA HEYSEN (1911-2003) Flowers 1960 oil on canvas 55 x 45cm

Estimate:
$20,000 - 25,000

Lot 19

MARIE ANNE TUCK (1866-1947) Breton Woman c.1910 oil canvas on board 45 x 58.5cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Lot 20

ISO RAE (1860-1940) (Étaples) oil on card 34.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 21

JACQUELINE HICK (1919-2004) Australian Native Flowers oil on canvas 50.5 x 68.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 22

SYBIL CRAIG (1901-1989) Evening Boats, Half Moon Bay oil on canvas laid on board 42 x 37cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 23

MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011) Girl Reading 1963 (also known as "Girl Reading at a Table") oil on composition board 73 x 59.5cm

Estimate:
$25,000 - 35,000

Lot 24

LUDMILLA MEILERTS (1908-1998) White Lillies 1958 oil on canvas laid on card 32.5 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 25

VIDA LAHEY (1882-1968) Still Life with Garden Roses c.1930 watercolour on paper 29 x 34cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 26

MARY STEVENSON (born 20th Century) Farm Scene oil on canvas laid on board 21 x 26.5cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Lot 27

ADELAIDE PERRY (1891-1973) Kurrajong, the Citrus Orchard 1929 linocut 15 x 22cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 28

ALICE MAUD STONE (1890-1962) Still Life 1947 oil on board 50.5 x 40.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 29

JO SWEATMAN (1872-1956) The Road Goes On oil on canvas 44 x 34cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 30

CLARICE BECKETT (1887-1935) Sherbrooke oil on board 33.5 x 40cm

Estimate:
$30,000 - 40,000

Lot 31

ALMA FIGUEROLA (1902-1970) Still Life oil on canvas laid on board 32.5 x 26cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 32

AILEEN DENT (1890-1978) Priscilla oil on canvas laid on board 34 x 24cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 33

MARIE ANNE TUCK (1866-1947) Farmyard, Lafaux, France c.1910 oil on canvas laid on board 32 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,500

Lot 34

HELEN OGILVIE (1902-1993) Timms Emporium 1965 tempera on board 20 x 25.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 35

DOROTHY BRAUND (1926-2013) Untitled 1969 oil on board 29.5 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 6,000

Lot 36

MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011) (The Lands Office, Sydney (Cnr Bent and Loftus) 1962 ink and watercolour on paper on card 50 x 40cm

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Lot 37

MARGO LEWERS (1908-1978) Illumination oil on masonite 69 x 114cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 6,000

Lot 38

EDITH HOLMES (1893-1973) Gladioli c.1941 oil on board 62.5 x 37cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Lot 39

DORA L. WILSON (1883-1946) The Red Door c.1935 oil on canvas laid on board 44.5 x 37cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 40

ETHLEEN PALMER (1906-1958) Blue Wren 1934 linocut 9.5 x 11.5cm (image)

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 41

JUNE MACKENZIE (1927-2005) Kitchen Still Life oil on board 60 x 83cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Lot 42

JUNE MACKENZIE (1927-2005) Still Life with Lemons oil on board 60 x 83cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Lot 43

EDITH HOLMES (1893-1973) (Mount Direction, Tasmania) c.1954 oil on canvas laid on board 34 x 44cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 44

LUDMILLA MEILERTS (1908-1998) Lilac Still Life 1976 oil on paper laid on board 58.5 x 49cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 45

MARGARET (MARNA) PESTELL (1894-1984) Autumn in St Kilda Road c.1936 oil on canvas laid on board 28 x 38.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 46

ETHEL CARRICK FOX (1872-1952) In the Valley, Merano gouache on paper 22.5 x 31.5cm

Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000

Lot 47

NORA HEYSEN (1911-2003) (Still Life - Camellias) 1963 oil on canvas 43 x 53cm

Estimate:
$12,000 - 18,000

Lot 48

JESSIE TRAILL (1881-1967) (Pink Flowers) oil on canvas laid on board 29 x 14.5cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 49

KATE ALLAN (1867-1965) Floss Flower Still Life oil on canvas in the original John Thallon frame (label verso) 36.5 x 34cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Lot 50

LILIAN CHAUVEL (1865-1953) Roses (Maman Cochets and some others) 1907 oil on canvas laid on board 41.5 x 37cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Lot 51

JESSIE LAVINGTON EVANS (1860-1943) (Farm Scene) oil on canvas 25 x 50.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 52

MARION JONES (1897-1977) Portrait 1912 oil on canvas 45 x 34.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 53

IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE (1888-1960) (Hop and Go One) ink on card 24 x 29cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 54

ELIZABETH (LILY) DE CRILLON BERTHON (1863-1946) (Landscape) 1889 oil on canvas 34.5 x 54.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 55

ELLIS ROWAN (1848-1922) Yellow Trumpet Vine watercolour and gouache on paper 60 x 41cm (sheet)

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 56

JOSEPHINE MUNTZ-ADAMS (1862-1949) (Hertfordshire, England) c.1893 oil canvas laid on board 22 x 23cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Lot 57

CHRISTIAN WALLER (NÉE YANDELL) (1894-1954) The Golden Faun 1932 (from The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs) linocut 31.5 x 13cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Lot 58

CHRISTIAN WALLER (NÉE YANDELL) (1894-1954) The Shepherd of Dreams 1932 (from The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs) linocut 31.5...

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Lot 59

ALICE MARY PARSONS (1866-1939) Nouveau Screen c.1920 two-fold timber screen with pokerwork 152 x 53cm (each panel) 152 x 106cm (over...

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Lot 60

ALICE MILLS (1870-1929) Portrait 1926 silver gelatin photograph 20 x 14.5cm

Estimate:
$400 - 600

Lot 61

JANET AGNES CUMBRAE-STEWART (1883-1960) (London) 1927 pastel on paper 35.5 x 44cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 62

CHRISTINA ASQUITH BAKER (1869-1960) Flowers by Night Light oil on canvas 60 x 46cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 63

AILEEN DENT (1890-1978) Spring Garden 1940 oil on canvas laid on board 37 x 45cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Lot 64

AILEEN DENT (1890-1978) (Country Retreat) c.1940 oil on canvas laid on board 37 x 44.5cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Lot 65

FRANCES PAYNE (1885-1976) Feeding the Chickens 1918 watercolour on paper 20 x 31.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 66

EILEEN BERNDT (1910-1992) (Along the Road) watercolour on paper 26 x 36cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 67

JEAN SUTHERLAND (1902-1978) Roses c.1944 watercolour on paper laid on card 39.5 x 47.5cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 68

EDITH MUNNINGS (New Zealander, 1867-1939) Nishat Garden, Kashmir c.1930 oil on canvas 29 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Lot 69

ALISON REHFISCH (1900-1975) Flowers with Ranunculus c.1950 oil on canvas 49.5 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Lot 70

JESSIE MACQUEEN MACKINTOSH (1892-1957) The Fruit Stall 1936 linocut, ed. 4/25 26.5 x 19cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 71

CONSTANCE STOKES (1906-1991) Study of Seated Dancer c.1980 mixed media on board 84.5 x 59.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 72

LUDMILLA MEILERTS (1908-1998) (White Car in the Street) oil on canvas laid on card 20 x 26.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 73

VIVIENNE BINNS (1940-2026) Untitled 1995-96 acrylic on paper 21 x 25cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 74

MARGO LEWERS (1908-1978) Our Confusion Unsolved craypas and oil on paper laid board 75 x 55cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 75

YVONNE AUDETTE (born 1930) Sunrise 1984 ink, gouache and collage on paper 28 x 22.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 76

MIRKA MORA (1928-2018) The Queen of Life with Whispering Wandjina 1983 pastel on paper 37 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$5,500 - 6,500

Lot 77

JESSIE MACQUEEN MACKINTOSH (1892-1957) A Good Haul linocut, ed. 12/25 17 x 16cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 78

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (Austrian, 1891-1978) Angora Cat c.1920 linocut 18 x 18cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 79

MARY COOPER EDWARDS (1882-1963) Queensland Landscape c.1936 linocut 19 x 28cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 80

BARBARA BRASH (1925-1998) Native Dancer 1953 linocut, ed. 16/30 21 x 14cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Lot 81

LIDIA GROBLICKA (1933-2012) Untitled 1972 oil on board 47 x 33cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 82

MARGERY DENNIS (1922-1996) Eden 1984 oil on canvas (triptych) 106 x 166cm (overall)

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 83

RACHEL ROXBURGH (1915-1991) On the Farm c.1940s oil on board 39 x 49cm

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,500

Lot 84

HERMIA BOYD (1931-2000) Harlequin Figures 1950 hand-painted earthenware tiles (35) inset into wooden table 56.5 x 77 x 46cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Lot 85

JUDY CASSAB (1920-2015) Head with Strelitzia 1996 oil on board 28.5 x 38.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 86

LINA BRYANS (1909-2001) Lower Plenty 1946 oil on canvas laid on board 50 x 60cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 87

LINA BRYANS (1909-2001) Frederika in the Red Chair 1964 oil on canvas on board 101 x 80cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 88

CONSTANCE STOKES (1906-1991) Seated Nude c.1980 oil on canvas on board 55 x 44.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Lot 89

MARIA KUCZYNSKA (born 1948) (Ned Kelly) 1989 glazed ceramic 33 x 29 x 17cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Lot 90

NORMA REDPATH (1928-2013) Untitled c.1940 watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (diptych) 37.5 x 20cm (overall)

Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500

Lot 91

ROMA THOMPSON (1919-2020) Abstract oil on canvas laid on board 42 x 34cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Lot 92

MABEL WILLIAMS (1896-1980) Still Life oil on board 37 x 50cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Lot 93

ANNE MARIE GRAHAM (born 1925) Children's Topiary, Royal Botanic Gardens 2011 oil on canvas 69.9 x 99cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Lot 94

MARGARET FRANCIS (1909-1987) Nude Portrait 1939 pencil and pastel on paper laid on board 48.5 x 35.5cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Lot 95

AILEEN BROWN (born 1946) Gum Blossoms and Checkered Cloth 1990 linocut, ed. 9/50 25 x 39cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Lot 96

MIRKA MORA (1928-2018) To Love an Angel 1986 gouache on paper 37.5 x 27cm

Estimate:
$5,500 - 6,500

Lot 97

AILEEN BROWN (born 1946) Daisies, Coffee and Turkish Delight 1987 linocut, ed. 41/50 27 x 32.5cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Lot 98

BARBARA BRASH (1925-1998) Butterflies III c.1971 screenprint, ed. 8/12 51 x 41cm (image)

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Lot 99

KATHERINE HATTAM (born 1950) Yes, No, Maybe 2007 mixed media on canvas 61 x 61cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Lot 100

WENDY SHARPE (born 1960) (Woman in a Blue Dress) oil on board 35 x 32cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

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