SH069 - Australian and International Art

The Curtis Collection of Artworks by Sali Herman

Sali Herman (1898–1993) is best known for his inner-city street scenes, but he also produced a great many Australian outback, rural and garden landscapes. A Swiss/Polish Jewish refugee in 1937 from Hitler’s Europe, he settled in Sydney the following year. Aged forty, life began again. His art-making became his way of knowing Australia and being […]

• EStimate -

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’71’

Measurements:

37.5 x 50.5 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $3,000 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’72’

Measurements:

38 x 50.3 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $5,040 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.l.c. ‘S. Herman ’78’

Measurements:

44.5 x 59.5 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $4,200 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed l.l.c. ‘S. Herman’

Measurements:

44.5 x 60 cm

• EStimate $12,000 - $18,000
• sold $10,800 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c. ‘S. Herman ’79’

Measurements:

64 x 79.5 cm

• EStimate $10,000 - $15,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’84’

Measurements:

54 x 99 cm

• EStimate $10,000 - $15,000
• sold $6,000 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’86’

Measurements:

80.5 x 136 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $25,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c. ‘S. Herman 80’

Measurements:

85 x 137 cm

• EStimate $20,000 - $30,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.l.c. ‘S. Herman ’82’

Measurements:

75 x 62.5 cm

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $8,400 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas, signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’80’

Measurements:

44.5 x 64.5 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’81’

Measurements:

70 x 90.5 cm

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $8,160 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.l.c. ‘S. Herman ’53’

Measurements:

88.5 x 114 cm

• EStimate $30,000 - $50,000
• sold $30,000 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’76’

Measurements:

81 x 106 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $25,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c. ‘S. Herman 80’

Measurements:

90.5 x 136.5 cm

• EStimate $20,000 - $30,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.l.c. ‘S. Herman ’75’

Measurements:

83.5 x 136 cm

• EStimate $30,000 - $50,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.l.c. ‘S. Herman ’82 titled verso

Measurements:

62 x 75.5 cm

• EStimate $7,000 - $9,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c ‘S. Herman ’82’

Measurements:

80 x 106 cm

• EStimate $6,000 - $9,000
• sold $6,600 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

pencil on paper signed l.l.c ‘Sali Herman’ titled l.r.c. ‘Woollomoolloo’

Measurements:

26.5 x 37 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $1,500

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

flet tipped pen on paper signed, titled and dated with initials l.r.c. ‘S.H ’76 Windmills Mykonos’

Measurements:

29 x 42.5 cm

• EStimate $800 - $1,200
• sold $720 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

pencil on paper signed and dated and titled l.r.c. ‘Sali Herman ’53 Germaine Les Preis, Paris’

Measurements:

26 x 36 cm

• EStimate $800 - $1,200

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)

Lithograph 33/50, signed and numbered under image ‘Brett Whiteley’

Measurements:

75 x 55 cm

• EStimate $7,000 - $9,000

Clifton Ernest Pugh (1924-1990)

oil on canvas, inscribed verso: `AE 445/And They Say Each Other/Leda and the Emu Series/Leda and the Emu/Cat II’

Measurements:

129 x 90 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $4,200 Incl BP

Ray Austin Crooke (b.1922)

oil on canvas, signed l.c. `R.Crooke’. Inscribed verso: `BY 016′

Measurements:

60 x 90 cm

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000

Sidney Robert Nolan (1917-1992)

oil on hardboard, inscribed and dated l.l.c. `18.5.64/Nolan’. Inscribed verso: `N/54/N.Y./Sydney/Nolan/1964/Greek Head/No.35/BP 030′

Measurements:

121 x 121 cm

• EStimate $25,000 - $35,000
• sold $24,960 Incl BP

Albert Lee Tucker (1914-1999)

pastel on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. `Tucker/1977′

Measurements:

50 x 32 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $6,960 Incl BP

Sali Herman (1898 – 1993)

oil on canvas, inscribed l.l.c. ‘S. Herman 60’

Measurements:

61.5 x 51 cm

• EStimate $14,000 - $18,000

William Robinson (b.1936)

pastel on paper, signed l.r.c. `William Robinson'

Measurements:

33 x 43 cm

• EStimate $25,000 - $30,000

Lloyd Rees (1895-1988)

mixed media on paper

Measurements:

37 x 55 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $20,000

William Robinson (b.1936)

hand painted and glazed stoneware bowl, wheel thrown by Errol Barnes inscribed ‘ Errol Barnes to base, signed to body ‘ William Robinson’

Measurements:

height 10.5 cm diameter 45 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $25,000

John Coburn (1925-2006)

Woven wool tapestry, monogram l.l.c `Pinton’, woven signature l.r.c. `Coburn’

Measurements:

204 x 180 cm

• EStimate $25,000 - $35,000

John Henry Olsen (b.1928)

woven wool tapestry, woven signature l.r.c. 'John Olsen' Dunk Island Tapestry Atelier

Measurements:

177 x 230 cm

• EStimate $12,000 - $18,000

Del Kathryn Barton (b.1972)

acrylic, gouache, watercolour and pen on polyester signed and dated l.m ‘del kathryn barton 2004’ signed, dated and inscribed with title and medium verso

Measurements:

120 x 86 cm

• EStimate $30,000 - $50,000
• sold $39,000 Incl BP

Stanislaus Rapotec (1913-1997)

oil on board, signed l.r.c. ‘Rapotec’

Measurements:

122.5 x 92 cm

• EStimate $25,000 - $35,000

McLean Edwards (b.1972)

oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated verso `Black Betty/Sydney 2003/Edwards’

Measurements:

168 x 168 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $20,000

David Boyd (b.1924)

oil on canvas, signed l.l.c `David Boyd' and dated l.r.c `1972'

Measurements:

49 x 63 cm

• EStimate $15,000 - $20,000
• sold $18,000 Incl BP

McLean Edwards (b.1972)

oil on canvas, titled and dated verso ‘Rum Rebellion #I McLean 03, Sydney’

Measurements:

137 x 112 cm

• EStimate $12,000 - $18,000
• sold $11,040 Incl BP

David Boyd (b.1924)

oil on board, signed and dated l.l.c. `David Boyd 93'

Measurements:

40 x 45 cm

• EStimate $12,000 - $18,000
• sold $13,200 Incl BP

William Rose (1929-1997)

from the Space series, oil on board, signed and dated l.r.c. `W Rose 80′

Measurements:

146 x 95 cm

• EStimate $7,000 - $10,000

McLean Edwards (b.1972)

oil on canvas, titled and dated verso ‘Susannah & The Elder, McLean 2005, Sydney’

Measurements:

153 x 138 cm

• EStimate $10,000 - $15,000

Sali Herman (1898-1993)

oil on canvas, signed and dated l.l.c. `S Herman 59'

Measurements:

75 x 98 cm

• EStimate $7,000 - $10,000

Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)

oil on canvas, signed l.l.c. `W.Sharpe'

Measurements:

153 x 167 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $5,400 Incl BP

Roland Wakelin (1887-1971)

oil on board, signed and dated l.l.c. ‘ R Wakelin ’62’

Measurements:

43 x 55 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $5,600 Incl BP

Ray Crooke (b.1922)

oil on board, signed l.m. `R Crooke'

Measurements:

45 x 60 cm

• EStimate $2,500 - $3,500
• sold $1,680 Incl BP

Margaret Olley (1923-2011)

watercolour on paper, titled l.l.c. `Prawn Boat', signed and dated l.r.c. `Margaret Olley 63'

Measurements:

40 x 49 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $5,500 Incl BP

James Gleeson (1915-2008)

ink wash, pen and collage on archival paper, signed and dated l.l.c. `Gleeson 76'

Measurements:

76 x 56 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000

William Boissevain (b.1927)

oil on board, signed and dated l.r.c. `W Boissevain 87'

Measurements:

79.5 x 101 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $3,600 Incl BP

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

charcoal on paper, signed l.r.c. `Dickerson'

Measurements:

53 x 36 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $7,000
• sold $5,760 Incl BP

Sam Byrne (1883-1978)

oil on composition board, signed l.r.c. 'Sam Byrne' , inscribed l.l.c. 'Sturt and Quondong's (Native Peach)

Measurements:

35.5 x 61 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000
• sold $6,720 Incl BP

William Boissevain (b.1927)

oil on board, signed and dated l.r.c. `W.Boissevain 70'

Measurements:

53 x 70 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000
• sold $4,320 Incl BP

Hugh Sawrey (1923-1999)

oil on canvas, signed l.r.c. ‘Sawrey’ titled verso ‘Galloping Horses or The Wild Ones

Measurements:

51.5 x 61.5 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000
• sold $10,200 Incl BP

William Boissevain (b.1927)

watercolour on paper, signed l.r.c. `Boissevain'

Measurements:

67 x 94 cm

• EStimate $1,500 - $2,500
• sold $1,440 Incl BP

Dick (Goobalatheldin) Roughsey (1924-1985)

oil on panel dated l.l.c. ’71, signed l.r.c ' Goobalathaldin'

Measurements:

80 x 68 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $2,400 Incl BP

Guy Boyd (1923-1988)

bronze

Measurements:

height 35.5 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

pastel on Paper, signed l.r.c. 'Dickerson'

Measurements:

37 x 27 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

oil on board, signed and dated lower right corner `Dickerson 26.4.60′

Measurements:

65 x 52 cm

• EStimate $5,000 - $8,000

Dick (Goobalatheldin) Roughsey (1924-1985)

oil on panel, dated l.l.c ’72’, titled ‘Gossip Mornington’

Measurements:

34 x 44 cm

• EStimate $2,500 - $3,500
• sold $3,120 Incl BP

Leonard French (b.1928)

enamel and mixed media on board, signed and dated l.r.c. `French 72'

Measurements:

75 x 75 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $3,360 Incl BP

Tony Tuckson (1921-1973)

wash on paper

Measurements:

50 x 75 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $3,000 Incl BP

Leonard French (b.1928)

enamel on board, indistinctly titled, signed and dated verso, `Leonard French 1971'.

Measurements:

36.5 x 30 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $4,000
• sold $2,280 Incl BP

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

wash on paper, signed l.l.c. `Arthur Boyd'

Measurements:

30.5 x 36 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $2,000
• sold $1,440 Incl BP

Leonard French (b.1928)

oil on board

Measurements:

35.5 x 30 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000

Leonard French (b.1928)

watercolour, signed l.r.c. `L French'

Measurements:

39 x 29 cm

• EStimate $800 - $1,200

David Aspden (1935-2005)

wash on paper, titled verso `Black Night No.9′

Measurements:

49 x 37 cm

• EStimate $400 - $600
• sold $480 Incl BP

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

wash on paper, signed l.r.c. `Arthur Boyd’

Measurements:

30.5 x 36 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $2,000
• sold $1,320 Incl BP

David Boyd (b.1924)

oil on board, signed l.c. `David Boyd'

Measurements:

17 x 19 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $3,600 Incl BP

Clifton Pugh (1924-1990)

gouache on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. `Clifton Pugh/6.9.78'

Measurements:

55 x 75 cm

• EStimate $1,200 - $1,600
• sold $1,320 Incl BP

William Boissevain (b. 1927)

ink on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. `W.Boissevain ’77’

Measurements:

84 x 59 cm

• EStimate $500 - $700

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

pastel on paper, signed l.r.c. `Dickerson'

Measurements:

38 x 27 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

pastel on paper, signed l.r.c. `Dickerson'

Measurements:

37 x 27 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000

Elaine Haxton (1909-1999)

oil on board, signed lr.c. 'Haxton'

Measurements:

44 x 59.5 cm

• EStimate $1,500 - $2,500
• sold $1,800 Incl BP

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

pastel on paper, signed l.r.c. `Dickerson'

Measurements:

37 x 28 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000

Euan MacLeod (b.1956)

acrylic on paper, dated l.l.c. '15. 8. 86'

Measurements:

80.5 x 63.5 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000
• sold $2,880 Incl BP

Alexander Archipenko (AMERICAN/UKRAINIAN, 1887-1964)

bronze, green patina, inscribed to base ‘Archipenko 1915’ later cast

Measurements:

height 35cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000
• sold $5,040 Incl BP

Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

screenprint on wove, edition 72/75 signed and numbered under image' Nolan 72/75', printed by Kelpra Studio,

Measurements:

57.5 x 77.5 cm

• EStimate $1,500 - $2,500
• sold $1,920 Incl BP

Kathe Kollwitz (GERMAN, 1867-1945)

lithograph, numbered 103 and signed `Kathe Kollwitz' below image, printed by O. Felsing Berlin gedr.

Measurements:

44 x 44 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000
• sold $2,400 Incl BP

Patrick Heron (BRITISH, 1920-1999)

screen Print 6/100 signed, dated and numbered under image 'Patrick Heron 70 6/100'

Measurements:

60 x 78 cm

• EStimate $2,500 - $3,500
• sold $3,000 Incl BP

Salvador Dali (Spanish 1904-1989)

lithography, signed l.m. `Dali', edition `EA'

Measurements:

27 X 19 cm

• EStimate $700 - $900
• sold $600 Incl BP

Salvador Dali (Spanish 1904-1989)

lithography, signed l.m. `Dali', edition `EA'

Measurements:

27 x 19 cm

• EStimate $500 - $700
• sold $720 Incl BP

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973 Spanish)

ectching edition 42/50, signed and number under image '42/50 Picasso'

Measurements:

42 x 34.5 cm

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $8,400 Incl BP

Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971)

edition 463/1000 gelatin silver prints, published to commemorate Venezia ’79

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000

Kerrie Lester (b.1953)

oil and hand stitching on canvas, signed l.r.c. ' Lester'

Measurements:

25 x 30 cm

• EStimate $1,200 - $1,800

Robert Young (b.1926)

oil on board, signed and dated l.r.c. 'R Young '79'

Measurements:

12 x 18 cm

• EStimate $700 - $900

Kerrie Lester (b.1953)

oil and hand stitching on canvas, signed l.r.c. ‘ Lester’

Measurements:

106 x 182 cm

• EStimate $4,000 - $6,000

Jon Plapp (1938 – 2006)

acrylic on canvas, signed and titled verso ‘Plapp 03, Everything cancelled but shadows’

Measurements:

152 x 152cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $4,000
• sold $3,600 Incl BP

David Rankin (b.1946)

acrylic on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. `Rankin 90'

Measurements:

75 x 57 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $2,000
• sold $2,160 Incl BP

Janet Laurence (b. 1949)

mixed media on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'J Laurence '80'

Measurements:

81 x 56 cm

• EStimate $500 - $700
• sold $840 Incl BP

John Firth-Smith (b.1943)

oil on canvas, signed verso ' John Firth-Smith'

Measurements:

28 x 20.5 cm

• EStimate $500 - $700
• sold $1,200 Incl BP

John Firth-Smith (b.1943)

oil on canvas, signed verso ' John Firth-Smith'

Measurements:

28 x 20.5 cm

• EStimate $500 - $700
• sold $1,200 Incl BP

Mark Hanham (b.1978)

acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

Measurements:

110 x 70 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $3,600 Incl BP

Liu Guoqiang (Chinese b.1962)

acrylic on canvas, signed and dated l.r. `Liu Guoqiang/2006/5/9′, signed and dated verso.

Measurements:

147 x 120 cm

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $8,400 Incl BP

Wang Zhiyuan (Australian/Chinese b.1958)

steel, signed, dated and titled verso `Wang Zhiyuan/Untitled/1998′

Measurements:

36 x77 cm, 50 x 73 cm (2)

• EStimate $1,000 - $1,500

Wang Xu

oil on canvas, signed l.r.c. `Wang Xu'

Measurements:

84 x 94 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $2,000
• sold $2,880 Incl BP

Astley David Middleton (AMERICAN 1856-1924)

oil on canvas signed and dated l.r.c. ‘ADM Middleton 1912’

Measurements:

169 x 61 cm

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000

Kalman Kemeny (BRITISH, 1896-1994)

oil on canvas, signed u.r.c.' Kemeny'

Measurements:

61 x 71 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000

Albert Sherman (1882-1971)

oil on canvas, signed l.r.c. `Albert J Sherman'

Measurements:

49 x 39 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000

Rubery Bennett (1893-1987)

oil on board, signed l.l.c. ' Rubery Bennett'

Measurements:

38 x 46 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000

Jean Mary Bellette (1908 – 1991)

oil on canvas on board

Measurements:

46 x 61 cm

• EStimate $2,000 - $4,000

Benjamin Edwin Minns (1864-1937)

watercolour, signed, titled and dated l.r.c `BE Minns/Narrabeen/1925'

Measurements:

17 x 25 cm

• EStimate $1,000 - $1,500

Emily Hilda Nicholas (1884-1961)

pastel and charcoal on paper, signed lower right corner `E.H.Rix.Nicholas'

Measurements:

54 x36 cm

• EStimate $800 - $1,200