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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: LJ8752
23 September 2024, 6:00pm Hawthorn

VIEWING

Fri 20 - Sun 22 Sep, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT

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


Lot 1

AGNES GOODSIR (1864-1939) Still Life oil on canvas 44.5 x 37cm

Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000

Sold for $22,000

Lot 3

JANET AGNES CUMBRAE-STEWART (1883-1960) Hobart, Tasmania 1915 oil on board 20 x 26cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $1,300

Lot 4

SARA LEVI (1870-1942) The Ferry Boat 1920 oil on board 22 x 31cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $3,600

Lot 5

DORA L. WILSON (1883-1946) The Little Shop, St. Paul 1927 oil on canvas on board 34 x 31.5cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 6

JANET AGNES CUMBRAE-STEWART (1883-1960) Gathering Wildflowers c.1911 oil on canvas 37.5 x 55cm

Estimate:
$12,000 - 18,000

Sold for $22,000

Lot 11

CLARICE BECKETT (1887-1935) Soft Evening Study for Princes Bridge c.1930 (verso) oil on board, double-sided 20.5 x 20.5cm

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Sold for $32,000

Lot 12

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) (Yarra River) oil on canvas 21.5 x 32cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $6,500

Lot 13

ADELAIDE PERRY (1891-1973) (Possibly Kiama) c.1930 oil on board 23.5 x 34cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $2,800

Lot 14

DORA L. WILSON (1883-1946) St Franciss Old Cathedral c.1944 oil on canvas laid on board 32 x 39.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 15

DOROTHEA FRANCIS (1903-1975) Study oil on board 44 x 32cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $700

Lot 16

VIDA LAHEY (1882-1968) Vegetable Still Life c.1907 oil on canvas 55 x 90.5cm

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $12,000

Lot 18

ETHEL CARRICK FOX (1872-1952) Wheatfield oil on canvas laid on board 24 x 34.5cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Sold for $10,000

Lot 19

MARIE ANNE TUCK (1866-1947) Mount Torrens, South Australia oil on board 29.5 x 34cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $2,600

Lot 21

JOSEPHINE MUNTZ-ADAMS (1862-1949) Portrait of a Resting Girl oil on canvas 35 x 24.5cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $4,600

Lot 22

NORA HEYSEN (1911-2003) Sea Shells with Spring Flowers 1955 oil on canvas on board 48 x 58cm

Estimate:
$20,000 - 35,000

Sold for $16,000

Lot 23

EVELINE SYME (1888-1961) Collins Street, Melbourne c.1927 woodcut, edition of 50 14 x 10cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $1,400

Lot 25

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) (Ti-Tree at Black Rock) oil on wood panel 19.5 x 11cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $2,200

Lot 26

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) Cows in Landscape oil on board 29 x 39cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $1,600

Lot 27

SYBIL CRAIG (1901-1989) Marigold Still Life oil on board 16.5 x 21cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 29

ELAINE HAXTON (1909-1999) Clareville Beach (From the Artists Garden) 1970 oil on canvas 37 x 29.5cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $8,500

Lot 30

ADELAIDE PERRY (1891-1973) Gums 1937 oil on board 34 x 23.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $1,900

Lot 31

PEGGY CROMBIE (1901-1984) Flowers in a Jug 1946 oil on board 30 x 25.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,000

Sold for $1,300

Lot 32

CONSTANCE STOKES (1906-1991) Memory Sketch from Women in Train watercolour, pen and ink on paper 20 x 19cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $600

Lot 33

NORMA REDPATH (1928-2013) Untitled (Study for Sculpture) 1966 pastel, ink and wash on paper 32.5 x 31cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $750

Lot 34

DOROTHY BRAUND (1926-2013) Underwater Games oil on board 89.5 x 120cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Sold for $14,000

Lot 35

JUDY CASSAB (1920-2015) Abstract 1972 oil on board 36.5 x 51.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,200

Lot 36

ROMA THOMPSON (1919-2020) The White Bridge, Venice c.1985 oil on canvas laid on board 50.5 x 72.5cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $1,500

Lot 37

GWYN HANSSEN PIGOTT (1935–2013) Tea Accessory Set c.1990 wood fired porcelain with celadon glaze (3) 7.5 x 8.5cm; 5.5 x 10cm; 3.5 x 9cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $1,800

Lot 38

YVONNE AUDETTE (born 1930) Into the Eternal Void 1965 oil on plywood 92 x 80cm

Estimate:
$40,000 - 50,000

Sold for $60,000

Lot 39

HELEN MAUDSLEY (born 1927) Our Dream. In the Darkened. Concealed. Uncondoned. 2004 isograph with ink on paper 46.5 x 31.5cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,000

Lot 41

HELIODORE (DORE) HAWTHORNE (1895-1977) Untitled 1938 gouache on paper 16 x 17cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $600

Lot 43

MIRKA MORA (1928-2018) Three Angels 2001 watercolour and gouache on paper 26 x 36.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $3,600

Lot 44

YVONNE AUDETTE (born 1930) Untitled 1979 ink and gouache on paper 36.5 x 53.5cm (sheet)

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $2,400

Lot 45

MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011) Seated Nude 1977 conté and wash on paper 40.5 x 51cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $1,400

Lot 46

EILEEN BERNDT (1899-1991) The Lane c.1930 watercolour on canvas on board 35.5 x 32cm

Estimate:
$500 - 600

Sold for $1,800

Lot 48

JESSIE TRAILL (1881-1967) Le Portail St Maclou Rouen 1927 etching with watercolour highlights, ed. 6/20 25 x 19.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,200

Lot 49

IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE (1888-1960) (Sweet Pea Fairy) ink and watercolour on paper 37 x 27cm (sheet)

Estimate:
$8,000 - 10,000

Sold for $7,000

Lot 50

ETHEL JACKSON MORRIS (1891-1985) Untitled 1917 watercolour, ink and gouache on paper 30.5 x 37cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,000

Lot 51

MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL (British, 1879-1964) Pixies Play in the Moonlight watercolour and gouache on paper 33.5 x 23cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $600

Lot 53

ELLIS ROWAN (1848-1922) Lemon Tree Myrtle watercolour and gouache on paper 53 x 37cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $4,000

Lot 54

ELLIS ROWAN (1848-1922) Wildflowers watercolour and gouache on paper 34 x 63.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $4,000

Lot 56

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) (The Yarra River) oil on board 22 x 23cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $2,600

Lot 57

JO SWEATMAN (1872-1956) River Landscape oil on canvas 35 x 29.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 58

AMALIE SARA COLQUHOUN (1894-1974) Boatshed, Newport, NSW oil on board 39 x 34cm

Estimate:
$2,500 - 4,500

Sold for $5,000

Lot 59

AMALIE SARA COLQUHOUN (1894-1974) (Mouth of the St. George River, Lorne) oil on canvas laid on board 39 x 42cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $8,500

Lot 61

VIOLET MCINNES (1892-1971) Magnolia Still Life 1939 oil on canvas on board, in original John Thallon frame 62 x 70cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $3,000

Lot 62

§ A.M.E. BALE (1875-1955) Bedroom Interior c.1928 oil on board 46 x 30cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000

Sold for $3,000

Lot 63

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) House Reflections oil on panel 24 x 15cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $800

Lot 64

MARY MEYER (1878-1975) Portrait of Dr Felix Meyer oil on panel 17 x 15.5cm

Estimate:
$500 - 700

Sold for $2,000

Lot 65

DORA L. WILSON (1883-1946) A Pioneer (Old Gisborne) oil on canvas 54.5 x 50.5cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $2,800

Lot 66

EVELINE SYME (1888-1961) Towards the Otways watercolour on paper 24.5 x 31.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000

Sold for $2,000

Lot 67

ESTHER PATERSON (1892-1971) Tea Tree at Port Phillip Bay oil on card 28.5 x 23.5cm

Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000

Sold for $2,200

Lot 68

HELEN OGILVIE (1902-1993) Wattle Trees 1940 linocut, ed. 9/50 25 x 30cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $4,400

Lot 69

ETHLEEN PALMER (1906-1958) Zebra Finch and Tea Tree 1934 linocut 10 x 10.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $6,000

Lot 70

§ EMILY FERRETTI (born 1982) Gesture 6 (sun up) 2014 oil on linen on board 40.5 x 30.5cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $850

Lot 71

EVELINE SYME (1888-1961) Blue Hills ink and watercolour on paper 24 x 30.5cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,600

Sold for $1,600

Lot 72

EVELINE SYME (1888-1961) Rolling Hills watercolour on paper 22.5 x 34cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,600

Sold for $1,700

Lot 75

MIRKA MORA (1928-2018) Angels with Red Bird 1986 watercolour and gouache on paper 20.5 x 29.5cm

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $5,500

Lot 76

PEGGY CROMBIE (1901-1984) Still Life with Orange and Jug oil on canvas on board 10.5 x 10.5cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $950

Lot 77

EILEEN BERNDT (1899-1992) Still Life with Pieces of Coconut oil on masonite, double-sided 60.5 x 51cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $1,300

Lot 78

DOROTHEA FRANCIS (1903-1975) Still Life oil and gouache on paper laid on board 34 x 25cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $1,400

Lot 79

ROMA THOMPSON (1919-2020) Geometric Composition II 1990 oil on board, double-sided 34.5 x 27cm

Estimate:
$600 - 800

Sold for $1,800

Lot 81

PEGGY CROMBIE (1901-1984) Still Life in Green Vase 1939 oil on canvas laid on paper 15.5 x 16.5cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $1,300

Lot 84

DOROTHY BRAUND (1926-2013) Boys Dreaming 1971 oil on masonite 90 x 121cm

Estimate:
$7,000 - 10,000

Sold for $14,000

Lot 86

ANNE MONTGOMERY (1908-1991) Study oil on composition board 34.5 x 24cm

Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800

Sold for $1,300

Lot 87

EILEEN BERNDT (1899-1991) Boatshed c.1930 watercolour on paper 27 x 36.5cm

Estimate:
$500 - 600

Sold for $4,400

Lot 88

TINA HAIM-WENTCHER (1887-1974) Balinese Figure c.1950 earthenware 25 x 14 x 11cm (including base)

Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $3,800

Lot 89

DOROTHY BRAUND (1926-2013) (Wrapped Lollies) 1974 oil on board 61 x 91.5cm

Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000

Sold for $4,800

Lot 93

ROMA HIGGINS (1908-1979) Around the Farm oil on masonite 45 x 60.5cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000

Sold for $7,000

Lot 94

ROMA HIGGINS (1908-1979) Sunday in the Country oil on board 44 x 59cm

Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $6,500

Lot 96

MARGARET FRANCIS (1909-1987) Tram Depot Hawthorn watercolour and ink on paper 23.5 x 25cm

Estimate:
$800 - 1,200

Sold for $700

Lot 97

DOROTHY KATHLEEN BRADFORD (born 20th Century) Portrait oil on board 45 x 35.5cm

Estimate:
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $1,500

Lot 98

§ ELAINE HAXTON (1909-1999) The Albury Hotel oil on board 49.5 x 59cm

Estimate:
$2,500 - 3,500

Sold for $2,000

Lot 99

CELIA PERCEVAL (born 1949) (River Gums) 1981 oil on canvas 97.5 x 97.5cm

Estimate:
$6,000 - 8,000

Sold for $14,000

Lot 100

MARY TALBOT (born 1931) Through the Trees 1955 oil on masonite 57.5 x 90cm

Estimate:
$600 - 700

Sold for $1,100

Lot 101

PHYL WATERHOUSE (1917-1989) Feeding the Ducks oil on board 44 x 59.5cm

Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000

Sold for $900

Lot 102

HERMIA BOYD (1931-2000) Preciosa and the Wind 1965 ink and wash on paper 25 x 35cm

Estimate:
$700 - 900

Sold for $750

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