leonard, issue 33, october 2014
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Issue THIRTYTHRee / OCTOBER 2014 MELBOURNE / SYDNEY
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CoverClassic Furniture & Objects Auction Sunday 26 October at 12pm Melbourne
A. Testi (XIX-XX, Italian)CleOpATrACarrara marble, raised on a verde antico marble plinth, incised signatures A. Testi verso and Galerie p. Bazzanti, Florence, the figure 87 cm high; the plinth 100.5cm high$120,000 - $180,000
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VInTage InTeRIoRs & MoDeRn DesIgn
anna Grassham, Vintage Interiors Manager
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ConTenTs
octoBEr contEnts
FOREWORD 2
NEWS 4
CaLENDaR 5
CLaSSIC FURNITURE & OBJECTS 6
FINE JEWELLERY 8
MODERN DESIGN 10
aUSTRaLIaNa & THE PaCIFIC 13
FINE aRT 14
THE aSTUTE COLLECTORS SERIES 16
LEONaRD JOEL - SYDNEY 17
vINTaGE INTERIORS 18
COLLECTIBLES 20
vaULT 21
FROM SINGLE ITEMS TO COLLECTIONS
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DISCOVerY MONTH
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Discovered in SydneyA Japanese bronze, gilt and ivory okimono, of a bare-footed,
rickshaw driver pulling a bijin, Taisho period sold for $3,904 IBp.
1 OCTOBERleoNArd
sPeCIaLIsT PRInTs
aUCTION THURSDaY 12 NOvEMBER 11.30aM
SpeCIAlISTprINTS
EnquiriesMaggie SkeltonArt Assistant03 8825 [email protected]
HArrY rOSeNGrAVe lAGUNTA-KA NUNNAH
(THYFACeNe), TASMANIAN TIGerlINOCUT 36/50
37 X 53CM$400 - 600
2OCTOBER LEONARD
When the taxi dropped me off at Porte de
Clignancourt I was confused and frustrated. I
was sure I had made it clear to both concierge
and taxi driver that I wanted to be dropped off
to the Paris Flea Market. Instead, all I could
see when I left the taxi was stand upon stand
of t-shirt and sneaker sellers and fake ones to
add insult to injury. With a sigh I thought I’d
better do some exploring in case everyone but
me had the drop off “right”. A few minutes of
walking the perimeter did nothing to ease my
frustration. But a minute after that I headed
in behind the fake glamour and brand sellers
and very quickly what appeared to be on the
outside just another Victoria market quickly
became the most extraordinary indoor and
outdoor labyrinth of antique, period and
vintage design I had ever experienced. Quite
literally every period, category and medium
was represented by hundreds of stall holders
and larger dealers from the very small to the
expansive. If one was searching for a name so
comprehensively inappropriate for what it
was describing this was a good example – the
largest antiques market place in the world
described as a “flea market”!
For lovers and collectors of anything “not
brand new” and indeed those with an eye
for modern design this market should be on
your “bucket list”. I planned to spend half a
day there, spent two, wanted to spend a week
and probably could have happily camped on
site for a month while I obsessively covered
every arcade, side lane and shopfront in the
vein hope of reassuring myself that it was
indeed possible to cover every square inch
of Les Puces. Aside from the completely
satisfying aesthetic and historical overload
I experienced over those two days I was
excited to see the very obvious conversion
many of the traders were making from “Louis
gilt” to “Cardin design”. Put another way, the
market was very clearly beginning to express
the changing tastes of Parisians and tourists
alike – period and beautiful furnishings
were still plentiful but just as plentiful was
European design from 1950 – 1990. And not
only was the “conversion” exciting to me but
also the sheer volume of post-war design
that was available. Clearly the French have
recognised the value (and resale value) of
good design and manufacture even if it does
stem from a factory and it seems to me too
that Australians are also slowly but surely
realising that an extraordinary light fitting
from the 1970s or an unidentified chair from
the 1950s can and should have a collectable
value if good design and manufacture are
present.
Despite the fact that modern retailers are
churning out light, weak and pale imitations
of many of these great designs I left Les
Puces feeling buoyant about this new era of
collecting that I believe is right in the middle
of finding a new harmony between the
quality old and the quality new.
LES PUCES – From LoUiS giLt to Cardin DESIgN
FoRewoRD
JOHN aLBRECHT
MANAGING DIreCTOr
& NATIONAl HeAD OF COlleCTIONS
3 OCTOBERLEONARD
news
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LEONaRD JOEL SYDNEYNOW OpeN MONDAY TO SATUrDAY 10AM TO 4pMEnquiries Robert Williams
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Robert Haigh, Jewellery Manager & Specialist
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A KUNZITe AND eMerAlD rING$1,200 - 1,800
CANBerrAJeWellerY AUCTION
View Saturday 4 October 10am - 4pmThe Crowne Plaza 1 Binara Street, Canberra
View and bid live online at leonardjoel.com.au
A GOlD MINerS
BrOOCH
Sold $17,080 IBP
eUGeNe VON GUerArD (1811-1901)
View of Mt Sturgeon and Mt Abrupt
from the Crater of Bald Hill 1856, 1869
also known as View from the Bald Hill
a crater on Mr Marrs Station./ Mt.
Sturgeon. Victoria Ranges. Mt Abrupt
oil on academy board
29 x 45.5cm
Sold $329,400 IBP
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will enjoy art’s journey from Pop Art to Post-Impressionism, Realism to Rajasthani
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“The intersections between the political, religious, economic and cultural
timelines of disparate societies and art practices show that art is not created in
a vacuum,’’ the book begins. “There is no right or wrong way to understand the
history of art, and the ever-shifting modes of constructing and deconstructing the
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Art In Time is a must-buy for anyone who loves art, collects art, works with art, or
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4OCTOBER leoNArd
Forthcoming Auctions
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Auctions and viewing times are subject to change.
The vintage Interiors auction Every ThursdayFurniture & Interiors – 10am Jewellery & Wristwatches – 10.30am Art – 11.30am Books – 12pm Objects & Collectibles – 12pm 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Canberra Fine Jewellery auction Sunday 5th October 2014 – 1pm The Crowne plaza 1 Binara Street, Canberra, NSW
arts Project australia auction Sunday 5th October 2014 – 3pm 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Shanghai & The Orient auction Thursday 16th October 2014 – 10am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
astute Collector Series Modern & Contemporary art auction Thursday 16th October 2014 – 11.30am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Classic Furniture & Objects auction Sunday 26th October 2014 – 12pm 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Monthly Toy auction Thursday 30th October 2014 – 12pm 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
australian Pottery auction Thursday 13th November 2014 – 10am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
aboriginal art auction Thursday 13th November 2014 – 10am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Specialist Print auction Thursday 13th November 2014 – 11.30am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Modern Design auction Thursday 13th November 2014 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Jewels & Objets D’art auction Sunday 23th November 2014 39 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
Collectibles, Books & Ephemera auction Thursday 20th November 2014 – 10am 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Specialist Rug auction Thursday 20th November 2014 – 2pm 333 Malvern road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
BID LIvE ONLINE
CHaRITYaUCTION
SYDNEYaUCTION
CaNBERRaaUCTION
ABOrIGINAl ArT AUCTION THUrSDAY 13 NOVeMBer AT 10AM
Enquiries
Maggie Skelton, Art Assistant
(03) 8825 5630
rONNIe TJAMpITJINpA
Tingari
acrylic on linen, 92 x 62cm
$1,200 - 2,200
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aRTS PROJECT aUSTRaLIa
40Th ANNIVERSARYFUNDRaISING aUCTION
SUNDaY 5 OCTOBER aT 3PM
5 OCTOBERLEONARD
CLassIC FuRnITuRe & objeCTs
CLASSICFUrnitUrE& objECtSaUCtionS U N D AY 2 6 O C T O B e r AT 1 2 p M
Classic Furniture & Objects auctionSunday 26 October 2014, 12pm
PreviewWednesday 22nd October 9am-8pmThursday 23rd October 10am-4pmFriday 24th October 10am-4pmSaturday 25th October 10am-5pm
EnquiriesGuy CairnduffHead of Classic Furniture & Objects(03) 8825 5611 / 0407 828 [email protected]
AFTER GIOVITA LOMBARDI (1837-1876)GOAT AND KIDCarrara marble; raised on a wrythen marble plinth, (losses and repairs)the statue 132cm high, including a 5cm high marble plate; the plinth 71cm high Provenance: acquired from the estate of Herbert Buchanan Shaw (1882-1957), ‘Kiama’, Western District, VictoriaBy descent, private collection, Western District, Victoria$15,000 - 20,000
6OCTOBER LEONARD
CLassIC FuRnITuRe & objeCTs
l e O N A r D J O e l C O l l e C T I O N S
A Single Owner Collection of Bronze and Marble Statuary, Art Deco Furniture and Objects
The Norm Frost Collection of Clocks
Selected Antiques and Objects from the private Collection of an
International lady
A Single Owner Collection of Fine porcelain Dolls, Antiques and Objects
A MAHOGANY CASeD TrIple FUSee MUSICAl BrACKeT ClOCK, C1810$10,000 - 15,000
AFTer pIerre lApAUTre (1660-1744)Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius escaping Troy patinated bronze$28,000 - 30,000
A rAre IrISH KIlArNeY MArQUeTrY INlAID DAVeNpOrTCIrCA 1860$10,000 - 12,000
AFFOrTUNATO GOrY (GOrI) (FreNCH, 1895-1925)GIRL AND FAWNpatinated bronze and ivorine, marble base, incised G. Gori to marble base 47 x 80cm$5,000 - 8,000
7 OCTOBERLEONARD
FIne jeweLLeRY
StrEEtEr DIAMOND PEndant goES to PrivatE CoLLECtor amidSt StELLar diamond rESULtS
“In just three lots more than a quarter of a million dollars in diamond jewellery changed
hands so I’m thrilled with the buoyancy in high-end jewellery” commented John
D’Agata, head of Fine Jewellery at Leonard Joel. Undoubtedly the auction highlight
was lot 193, the extremely rare octahedral diamond pendant designed by Streeter &
Co. of London and commissioned in 1888. The rarely seen natural form, the pieces’
history and perhaps also the auspicious year of 1888 combined to generate a final
price of $53,680 (IBP). Only two lots later lot 195, an impressive 5.20 carat diamond
realised $146,400 (IBP). The theme of high-end diamond jewellery continued when a
pair of classic diamond studs realised $65,880 (IBP). John D’Agata commented; “The
combination of our Sydney office and our commitment to presenting the most important
jewellery in the local market has worked beautifully and we are now transacting more
jewellery items over $50,000 than any other local auction house. We are very proud of
that!”. The 345 lot auction realised an impressive total of 815,000 (IBP)
A lATe VICTOrIAN DIAMOND peNDANT
Sold $53,680 IBP
AN IMpreSSIVe pAIr OF DIAMOND STUD eArrINGS
Sold $65,880 IBP
AN IMpreSSIVe DIAMOND rING
Sold $146,400 IBP
8OCTOBER LEONARD
FIne jeweLLeRY
Now coNsigNiNg FiNe Jewellery For AUcTioN MoNdAy 1 deceMber 2014
MUSIC TO THe eArS
FOCUS ON AFFOrDABle
VICTOrIAN GOlD
Take a very early open-faced pocket watch with exquisite enamel
decoration and add to that a musical component and you quite literally
have collectors champing at the bit. Lot 142 was just such a pocket watch
and with a fair estimate of $4,000 it realised more than seven times
that to finally sell to an international collector for $28,060 (IBP).
With so much press attention devoted to diamonds, precious white metals and lavish
wristwatches, we take a step back and look back here on beautiful period jewellery,
constructed between 1837-1901, that realised less than $2,000 at auction. As tastes
change and wax and wane, Victorian gold jewellery represents an exceptional collecting
and investing opportunity.
AN eArlY OpeN FACeD MUSICAl repeATer pOCKeT WATCH
Sold $28,060 IBP
A lATe VICTOrIAN SeeD peArl BANGle
Sold $1,342 IBP
9 OCTOBERLEONARD
MoDeRn DesIgn
MODerN DeSIGNA U C T I O N T H U r S D AY 1 3 N O V e M B e r AT 6 . 3 0 p M
10OCTOBER LEONARD
MoDeRn DesIgn
Enquiries
anna Grassham
Modern Design Specialist & Vintage Interiors Manager
(03) 8825 5614 / [email protected]
MODerN DeSIGNA U C T I O N T H U r S D AY 1 3 N O V e M B e r AT 6 . 3 0 p M
CUrreNTlY CONSIGNING
MICHAel O’CONNell (1898-1976)The Merchant of Venice circa 1948-50 from the pageant seriesWall hanging with hand painting and paste-resist dyes on rayon177.0 x 271.0cmDesigner’s mark l.r. ‘MAel’ provenance:The ArtistGeorges GalleryKlytie pate OAMreeder Fine Art pty ltdpurchased from leonard Joel Auctions, Melbourne, 22 November 2010, lot No 130$10,000 - 15,000
11 OCTOBERLEONARD
MoDeRn DesIgn
Modern Design including a Rare Emilio Pucci Collection auctionThursday 13 November 2014, 6.30pm
PreviewWednesday 5 November 2014 9am - 8pm Thursday 6 November 2014 10am - 4pm Friday 7 November 2014 10am - 4pm Saturday 8 November 2014 10am - 5pm
Sunday 9 November 2014 10am - 5pm Monday 10 November 2014 10am - 4pm Tuesday 11 November 2014 10am - 4pm Wednesday 12 November 2014 9am - 8pm
EnquiriesAnna GrasshamModern Design Specialist(03) 8825 [email protected]
A rAreEMILIO PUCCI COlleCTION
Leonard Joel in conjunction with the Modern Design department is proud to present one of the most comprehensive Australian collections of vintage fashion by the renowned Italian designer, Emilio Pucci (1914-1992). Covering key periods from the 1950s through to the 1970s, the collection includes iconic designs from the famous 1960s silk jersey psychedelic printed shift dresses, through to terry velvet beach capes, swimwear, bags, silk scarves, ties and other ephemera. Pucci was known as ‘The Prince of Prints’ - his designs were worn by high society figures and film stars from Elizabeth Taylor to the unforgettable Marilyn Monroe, who was actually buried in her favourite Pucci dress. Pucci’s designs combined luxurious fabrics with extravagant, vibrantly coloured prints. It was the prints themselves that were most groundbreaking - his colour palettes, quirky patterns and bold designs were exceptional. Pucci’s use of silk stretch fabrics showed an intuitive understanding of the female form - subtle yet at the same time seductive and exciting. This rare assemblage has been lovingly
collected over the past 20 years by a single owner based in Melbourne. highlights from the collection include a 1960s silk jersey printed pant-suit, reputed to have belonged to one of Cary Grant’s wives; air hostess uniforms for the American Braniff Airlines and an original letter from Pucci to one of his clients, signed in pen. The collection also features several outrageous capes and incredible silk jersey dresses, even some early labels from the ‘Emilio of Capri’ collection. There is also a silk blouse of the same type worn by Samantha (Kim Cattrall) in an episode of Sex and the City, as well as unopened Vivara perfumes, still in their original silk Pucci covered boxes. The gentlemen won’t miss out either, with a selection men’s printed silk ties to choose from and a luxurious burnt orange velvet Ermenegildo Zegna designed blazer with Pucci printed lining.
This truly is a once in a lifetime vintage collection - items such as these will never be available at the same time again!
(1950s - 1970s)
12OCTOBER LEONARD
ausTRaLIana & THe PaCIFIC
australiana & The Pacific auctionThursday 13 November 2014, 10.30am
PreviewWednesday 12 November 2014 9am - 8pm
EnquiriesChiara CurcioSpecialist Classic Furniture & Objects,Books & Manuscripts(03) 8825 5635chiara.curcio @leonardjoel.com.au
AUSTrAlIANA & THe pACIFICAUCTION THUrSDAY 13 NOVeMBer AT 10.30AM
Will DysonThree Ages of Soldierslithograph$300 - 500
An Australian art and crafts book stand$300 - 500
A pair of Kauri gum Maori busts, c 1900$600 - 800
13 OCTOBERLEONARD
FIne aRT
A number of auction records were set
amongst the diverse results for all periods
achieved at the September 16 Fine Art
Auction. Solid prices were set by Arthur
Boyd ‘s bijoux sized Nebuchadnezzar
Falling on Gold, lot 68, at $17,080 (IBP),
William Dargie’s delightful oil Twilight
Menton, lot 157, leapt above its quote
fetching $4148 and in the contemporary
realm lot 4, Imants Tiller’s Nature Speaks
was firm at $12,200. Joining these ranks
was lot 112, Shaun Gladwell’s Apology to
Road Kill… which at $10,370 surpassed its
fairly recent primary market price.
The desire for Mirka Mora continued
unabated with her three pairs of 1980s
charcoal drawings achieving an elevated
hammer each time selling for $3,904,
$4,392 and $6,710 respectively. Similarly
the appreciation for sculpture continued
its rise with collectors realising the great
value of acquiring on the secondary
market Dean Bowen’s Aeroplane Boy , lot
55 for $23,790 and Greg Johns’ Horizon
Figure, lot 53 for $8540, both of which
are auction records for the artists.
Broken hill artists also fared well with Sam
Byrnes’s early Open Cut-Broken Hill, lot
14 sold at its upper estimate for $7,320
whilst Pro hart’s Flowerscape, lot 167,
trounced its quote selling for $10,370.
Notable highlights included Clarice
Beckett’s ethereal Eternity, lot 78 which
doubled its low estimate to fetch $15,250
and f Norman Lindsay’s Illustration, lot 34
which followed the same pattern selling
for $5,856.
Works by European and Asian artists
performed very well on the night with the
standout being mid-century Vietnamese
artist Pham hau. his 1966 painting Mother
and Child,lot 88, carrying a modest presale
estimate of $3000-5000 was vigorously
bid by international collectors eventually
selling for $10,370.
Sophie Ullin, head of Art
Now coNsigNiNg FiNe ArT For AUcTioN TUesdAy 2 deceMber 2014
art55DeAN BOWeN (born 1957)Aeroplane Boy 2004bronze, ed. 4/691 x 248 x 35cm
Sold $23,790 IBP © reproduced with the permission of VISCOpY ltd
14OCTOBER LEONARD
FIne aRT
78ClArICe BeCKeTT (1887-1935) Eternityoil on board29 x 39.5cm
Sold $15,250 IBP
148JOHN GlOVer (1767-1849) Durham Cathedral, Misty Morningwatercolour on paper75 x 110cm
Sold $14,640 IBP
68§ ArTHUr BOYD (1920-1999) Nebuchadnezzar Falling on Goldoil on board19.5 x 24cm
Sold $17,080 IBP © reproduced with the permission of VISCOpY ltd
14SAM BYrNe (1883-1978) Open Cut - Broken Hilloil on board60 x 75.5cm
Sold $7,320 IBP
AUCTION HIGHlIGHTS
15 OCTOBERLEONARD
asTuTe CoLLeCToRs seRIes
astute Collectors Series auctionThursday 16 October 2014, 11.30am
PreviewWednesday 15 October 2014 9am - 8pm
EnquiriesMaggie SkeltonArt Assistant(03) 8825 [email protected]
NEW QUARTERLY
ARTAUCTION
MODERN & CONTEMPORaRY aRT
ASTUTe COlleCTOr SerIeS
rOBerT GrIeVe
ABSTrACT, CATAlONIAN THeMe
OIl ON CANVAS, 90 X 120 CM
$1,000 - 1,500
16OCTOBER LEONARD
LeonaRD joeL sYDneY
WANTeD FOr 23 NOVeMBer sydNey AUCTION
jEwELS & ObJETS d’art
Enquiries
Robert Williams
Sydney representative
(02) 9362 9045
We are looking forward to the next Sydney Quarterly auction after the success of our Inaugural sale. The results of the auction solidifying leonard Joels strength on both the national and international stage. With competitive bidding from home and overseas proving there is a strong demand for high end Jewels & Objets D’Art. Here are a few highlights from the last sale coveted by the discerning collector.Now consigning single-owner collections and individual items.
aRT DECO LOUIS vUITTON GENTLEMaN’S vaLISE NECESSaIRE, FITTED WITH FRENCH SILvER vaNITY SETSold for $4,880 IBP The ultimate late 19th century high-tech Gentleman’s accessory. This would of been owned by a seriously wealthy gentleman with a valet who would of kept each component well stocked. This is a wonderful reminder of a lost era and could still be used today by the Contemporary Dandy. The intrinsic value is maintained as all the components are made of sterling silver. As the global male grooming market expands so too does the interest in these luxury male grooming antiques.
a DUNHILL aQUaRIUM TaBLE LIGHTER, MID-20TH CENTURYSold $3,660 IBP A ‘Mad Men’ essential and gracing the coffee tables of the cutting edge bachelor of the day, ready to charm and impress any smoking lady. These lighters were made by a 20th century artisan Ben Shillingford (1904-2000), whose unique skills in designing, carving and hand-painting the perspex panels could never be equalled. Upon his retirement, the skills necessary to continue to manufacture the ‘Aquarium’ lighter could not be found, and production ceased.The desirability has increased over the years and due to the limited production will continue on an upward projector I’m sure.
EaRLY 20TH CENTURY GERMaN SILvER aND IvORY FIGURE OF a KNIGHT BY WILHELM WEINRaNCH aND FRITZ SCHMIDTSold for $4,880 IBP There has been a growing interest in ‘Gentleman’s library’ accoutrements. This piece would of been well placed on the desk of an important industrialist looking to let whomever sat on the other side know exactly who was boss. In the advent of many successful Knight and battle television series’ we are seeing an increased interest in such pieces.
JEaN EMILE PUIFORCaT 1897-1945, LaRGE FRENCH SILvER BOX, PaRIS CIRCa 1925Sold for $19,520 IBP A rare and remarkable piece by the French silver smith and designer. Works by puiforcat are held in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
17 OCTOBERLEONARD
VInTage InTeRIoRs
enquiriesanna Grassham, Modern Design Specialist
(03) 8825 5614 | [email protected]
SHANGHAI & THe OrIeNT
THUrSDAY 16 OCTOBer AT 10AM
VINTAGe INTerIOrS
UpCOMING AUCTIONS
MONTHlY TOYS
THUrSDAY 30 OCTOBer AT 12pM
CMC 1:18 SCAle MerCeDeS - BeNZ W165 1939 ‘Der GrOSSe SIeGer VON TrIpOlS’ - THe BIG WINNer
OF TrIpOlI’, CerTIFICATe MISSING (e-M BOX e-M)$60 - 120
A CHArMING OrIeNTAl BlACK AND GOlD CArVeD TeMple
$2,000 - 4,000
enquiriesTae Schmeisser, Collectibles Assistant
03 8825 5625 | [email protected]
18OCTOBER LEONARD
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(Detail) AZerBAIJAN, HAll rUNNerVIllAGe WeAVe FrOM THe AZerBAIJAN
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A DIArY IN pICTUreS: peKINGAlbum of photographs Taken in peking and Its Surroundings
By Alfons Mumm Between 1900 and 1902
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The Day The earth Stood Still, 20th Century Fox, 1951, U.S.One sheet poster$6,000 - 8,000
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ELAD LASSRY:THE LUBRICATED IMAGEDealing in a currency of impossibly sharp, colour-saturated photographs, painted frames and sculptural “apertures”, Los Angeles-based artist Elad Lassry works to activate and make manifest the psychology, nervousness and ways of looking that enshroud the photographic medium.
By Dan Rule
Elad Lassry’s frames of reference tend not to befit conventional discussions around photography. The Tel Aviv-born artist speaks of the “physicality of the picture”, of using sculptures and partitions as “apertures”. He muses on “reconfiguring” our understanding of the photograph as a representational medium, of re-imagining the photograph as a “more primary” language of “colour and texture and reflection and ratio”.
His pictures have long suggested as much. At once prosaic and highly unconventional, they exist within and without of the photographic read. They seduce via well-worn tropes and conventions – whether that of the stock photograph, product photograph or canned studio portrait from another era – only to veer off at the last minute, ensconced in an all-too-perfect sheen, an all-too-pervasive point of focus and an all-too-saturated colour logic. They proffer understanding, only to avoid comprehension.
And for Lassry, who is speaking from his studio in LA, this is the precise point. The image is enmeshed in dualities. “A lot of my work is a proposal,” offers the 36-year-old in his quiet, measured cadence. “You could absolutely stand next to my work and say, ‘It’s a picture of a red hat’. But it’s also a picture of the colour red. My interest is really in creating a strategy in which the viewer starts to acknowledge the other qualities in the picture.”
Read the full article in Issue 7 of Vault magazine, Out Now.
NEW ART & CULTURE MAGAZINE
ISSUE 7 OUT NOWFIONA HALL
Veneer26 June - 26 July, 2014
Fiona Hall AOAustralian Pavilion,
56th Venice Biennale in 2015
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery8 Soudan Lane Paddington
NSW 2021 Sydney, AustraliaT: +61 2 9331 1919
www.roslynoxley9.com.au
Fiona Hall Untitled (detail), 2014, aluminium, burnt books, 152 × 120 × 59.5cm
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Above: ELAD LASSRY
Short Ribs, Eggs, 2012 c-print, painted frame
36.8 x 29.2 x 3.8 cm
Above right: ELAD LASSRY
Untitled (Mozzarella), 2014 c-print, walnut frame,
tubing, carpet 63.5 x 38.1 x 3.81 cm
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