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Important Australian Art Sydney | 25 November 2020 Important Australian Art Sydney | 25 November 2020, 6pm COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS VIEWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION PRESS ENQUIRIES Viewing restrictions Viewing dates and times The United States Government Claire Martin Viewing numbers are limited, Melbourne has banned the import of ivory +61 (0) 414 437 588 to request an appointment Thursday 12 November to and restricted the import of coral [email protected] please call: Sunday 15 November into the USA. Lots containing for Sydney 02 8412 2222, ivory are indicated by the symbol PHYSICAL CONDITION for Melbourne 03 8640 4088 Sydney Ф and lot containing coral are OF LOTS IN THIS AUCTION or email [email protected] Friday 20 November to indicated by the symbol Y Please note that there is no Monday 23 November printed beside the lot number reference in this catalogue to Auction restrictions in this catalogue. the physical condition of any lot. Physical attendance at the live 10am to 4pm daily Intending bidders must satisfy auction will be restricted and ENQUIRIES themselves as to the condition of capped based on availability. Viewing locations Merryn Schriever any lot as specified in clause 14 Melbourne Director of the notice to bidders contained Masks must be worn and will be 1130 High St +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 at the end of this catalogue. available, though we encourage Armadale VIC 3143 [email protected] you to bring your own. As a courtesy to intending Sydney Alex Clark bidders, Bonhams will provide a ILLUSTRATIONS 36 - 40 Queen Street Australian and International written indication of the physical Front cover: Lot 6 (detail) Woollahra NSW 2025 Art Specialist condition of lots in this sale if a Inside front: Lot 10 +61 (0) 3 8640 4088 request is received up to 24 Inside Back: Lot 12 AUCTION [email protected] hours before the auction starts. Back cover: Lot 41 36 – 40 Queen Street This written indication is issued Woollahra NSW 2025 subject to Clause 3 of the Notice Francesca Cavazzini to Bidders. Aboriginal and International 25 November 2020 at 6pm Art Specialist Sale number: 26273 +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 REGISTRATION francesca.cavazzini@bonhams. IMPORTANT NOTICE Please note that all customers, CATALOGUE com $30.00 irrespective of any previous activity with Bonhams, are CLIENT SERVICES required to complete the Bidder BIDS Kate Floro Online bidding will be available Registration Form in advance of +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 for the auction. For further the sale. The form can be found [email protected] information please visit: at the back of every catalogue www.bonhams.com and on our website at www. Azura Nichols bonhams.com and should be +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 All bidders are advised to returned by email or post to the [email protected] read the important information specialist department or to the on the following pages relating bids department at to bidding, payment, collection, [email protected] and storage of any purchases. To bid live online and / or leave internet bids please go to www.bonhams.com/ auctions/26273 and click on the Register to bid link at the top left of the page. Bonhams 1793 Limited 97-99 Queen Street Woollahra NSW 2025 +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 +61 (0) 2 9475 4110 fax Sale Information BIDS Storage charges will apply from BPAY - Payments can be made BUYER’S PREMIUM +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 Monday 28 December 2020 by BPAY. 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Department of Sustainability, Woollahra NSW 2068 Bank Name: HSBC Bank Environment, Australia Ltd Branch Name: Payment and collection enquiries Water, Population and Please note collection will not Sydney Exchange Centre please contact: Communities be available unless payment has Account Number: 078193002 GPO Box 787 been received and has cleared BSB: 342011 Kate Floro Canberra ACT 2601 into Bonhams’ account. SWIFT: HKBAAU2S +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 +61 (0) 2 6274 1900 [email protected] [email protected] Azura Nichols +61 (0) 2 8412 2222 [email protected] Specialists Merryn Schriever Director Australian and International Art Specialist Alex Clark Australian and International Art Specialist Francesca Cavazzini Aboriginal and International Art Specialist Fiona Frith Jewellery Specialist Yvett Klein Asian Art Specialist Ophelia Lai Jewellery Specialist Kate Floro Marketing and Client Services Azura Nichols Client Service Coordinator Locations H o Sydney ld Melbourne s Wi wo nd so rt r h St St O c e a n S M t o S n p c i ce Ca u l r e do r St n ia S St t Rush St Ln Peaker Rd Jersey Queen St St Smith Bonhams n St Quee Dw n St Vi Joh ct ye oria r L n Av e Oxford St Important Australian Art including the Cary Collection Lots 1 – 94 4 | BONHAMS 1 HERBERT BADHAM (1899-1961) Eric Wilson's Yacht, 1936 signed and dated lower right: 'HBADHAM ' 36' watercolour and pencil on paper 28.0 x 35.5cm (11 x 14in). $3,000 - 5,000 Provenance The Estate of the Artist, Sydney thence by descent Private collection, Victoria IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN ART | 5 2 HERBERT BADHAM (1899-1961) Still Life, c.1948 oil on canvasboard 26.5 x 21.0cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/4in). $6,000 - 8,000 Provenance The Estate of the Artist, Sydney thence by descent Private collection, Victoria 6 | BONHAMS 3 HERBERT BADHAM (1899-1961) Mentone, 1936 signed and dated lower right: 'HBADHAM 36'; inscribed verso: 'MENTONE / HERBERT BAD' oil on canvas on board 20.0 x 25.5cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/16in). $8,000 - 12,000 Provenance The Estate of the Artist, Sydney thence by descent Private collection, Victoria IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN ART | 7 4 HERBERT BADHAM (1899-1961) South Head, 1935 signed and dated lower left: 'HBADHAM 35' oil on cardboard 51.0 x 41.0cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/8in). $50,000 - 70,000 Apart from a flirtation with abstraction in the 1950s, his subject is always the everyday. Its expressions seems safe, within the Provenance conversation of the English realist tradition. Badham manages to reach The Estate of the Artist, Sydney far beyond such confines, however, to observe and comment upon thence by descent society of his own place and time’.1 Private collection, Victoria At the time he painted South Head, Badham was living in Crescent Exhibited Avenue, Vaucluse, a location which featured in earlier works such Herbert Badham 1899 - 1961, Wollongong City Gallery, New South as On The Roof 1928, which, as the title suggests was set atop his Wales, 27 August - 4 October 1987, then touring, S.H.
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