Important Australian Art: Including Works From The Qantas Collection
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A landmark auction event captured in print, this Sotheby's catalogue presents a curated selection of significant works from one of Australia's most celebrated art sales, held in Sydney on 7 May 2007. It chronicles a remarkable assembly of Important Australian Art, headlined by the prestigious Qantas Collection — a trove of works commissioned and collected by Australia's iconic national airline over decades, representing the nation's finest artistic voices across the 20th century. From bold modernist landscapes to expressive figurative works, the catalogue details each lot with scholarly precision, offering provenance, exhibition history, and expert estimates that together compose an authoritative record of Australian art at auction. Beyond its function as a sale document, this catalogue stands as a significant cultural artefact, illustrating the breadth and ambition of Australian visual art and its place within the broader international market. Sotheby's, established in 1744 and the world's premier auction house, brings its unmatched curatorial authority to bear on a collection that speaks to Australian national identity, artistic innovation, and the enduring power of art as investment. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of Australian art alike, this volume leaves one question lingering: which masterwork slipped quietly into a private collection, never to be seen again?
Author: Sotheby'S
Format: Paperback
Published: 2007, Sotheby's
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark auction event captured in print, this Sotheby's catalogue presents a curated selection of significant works from one of Australia's most celebrated art sales, held in Sydney on 7 May 2007. It chronicles a remarkable assembly of Important Australian Art, headlined by the prestigious Qantas Collection — a trove of works commissioned and collected by Australia's iconic national airline over decades, representing the nation's finest artistic voices across the 20th century. From bold modernist landscapes to expressive figurative works, the catalogue details each lot with scholarly precision, offering provenance, exhibition history, and expert estimates that together compose an authoritative record of Australian art at auction. Beyond its function as a sale document, this catalogue stands as a significant cultural artefact, illustrating the breadth and ambition of Australian visual art and its place within the broader international market. Sotheby's, established in 1744 and the world's premier auction house, brings its unmatched curatorial authority to bear on a collection that speaks to Australian national identity, artistic innovation, and the enduring power of art as investment. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of Australian art alike, this volume leaves one question lingering: which masterwork slipped quietly into a private collection, never to be seen again?