Detail of William Dobell’s painting Woman in Restaurant (1934) which sold for nearly $1 million this week; supplied
Much has been decried about the state of a struggling commercial art sector, but if we are to take this week’s results from Sotheby’s Australia, then perhaps the interesting in acquiring Australian art is more buoyant than reported.
The iconic auction house described their first Important Australian & International Art sale of the year was faced with ‘fiercely competitive bidding resulting in world auction records tumbling’.
