Once the poor cousin of painting, sculpture is having its moment in the sun, with a record $1.25 million paid for a work by Australian artist Bronwyn Oliver.
A sculptured slithering copper snake by renowned artist Bronwyn Oliver has sold for a recording-breaking $1.25 million at auction. toppled the record for an Australian sculpture when it went under the auction hammer Wednesday night.
The harbour scene painted from Whiteley’s window ledge from his Lavender Bay home, eschewed his usual ultramarine blues. Whiteley had produced a “literate, sensual and quietly joyous celebration of the good art and the good life,” Geoffrey Smith, chairman of Smith & Singer said. Two other Whiteley works were passed in.
Menzies’ chief executive John Keats said his auction house had been championing sculptures at auction for several years and achieving some outstanding results and records.These included Australian auction records for overseas sculptors Robert Indiana and Manolo Valdés, and world records for Deborah Halpern and Mackenzie Thorpe.
Smith said Bronwyn Oliver remained one of the most influential and sought-after Australian artists in the current market.
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