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Slim pickings at auction this weekend as listings drop – again

By Robyn Willis
Thu, Sep 1, 2022 9:00amGrey Clock < 1 min

After a strong showing last week, auction rates around the capitals have dipped once again, reports CoreLogic.

After a nine-week high last weekend, activity is down -5.1 percent with a combined total of 1,904 homes scheduled for auction around the capitals. Canberra was the exception to the rule, becoming the only capital to experience a week-on-week growth in auction numbers.

In Melbourne, there are 778 auctions on the books, a drop of -6.5 percent from last week’s total of 832, while Sydney’s 773 homes listed is only slightly down on last week’s numbers of 779 homes. It’s a 80.9 percent improvement in Melbourne and 27.3 percent increase in Sydney on this time last year, when both capitals were feeling the effects of extended lockdowns. 

The smaller capitals are experiencing greater slumps, with Brisbane seeing a -20.3 percent drop on last week to 126 homes and Adelaide down -14 percent to 123. In Perth, there are eight auctions scheduled, while in Tasmania, just one home is set to go under the hammer.



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More than 280 modern and contemporary artworks will be up for sale Friday at Christie’s Post-War to Present auction in New York.

The live sale, which will be held at Christie’s Rockefeller Center sale room, has a low estimate of more than US$27 million and will be led by Frank Stella’s Abra I, 1968, which is estimated to fetch between US$1.2 million and US$1.8 million, according to a news release from Christie’s.

Abra I is a fantastic example by Stella, a large-scale canvas from the protractor series,” says head of sale Julian Ehrlich. “It engages so many crucial aspects of his practice, including scale, geometry and colour, and has appeal to established post-war collectors and others who are just coming to historical art.”

Ehrlich, who has overseen the semiannual Post-War to Present sale since its first March 2022 auction, says his goal in curating the sale was to “assemble a thoughtful and dynamic auction” with works from both popular and lesser-known artists.

“With Post-War to Present, we really have a unique opportunity to share new artistic narratives at auction. It’s a joy to highlight new artists or artists who have been overlooked historically and be a part of that conversation in a larger art world context,” he says.

Joe Overstreet’s ‘Untitled’, 1970
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Works from a number of female artists who were pioneers of post-war abstract painting, including Helen Frankenthaler, Lynne Drexler, and Hedda Sterne, will be included. The auction will also include pieces from a group of Black artists from the 1960s to present day, including Noah Purifoy, Jack Whitten, and David Hammons, in addition to a Christie’s debut from Joe Overstreet (Untitled, 1970) and an auction debut from Rick Lowe (Untitled, 2021).

“The story of art is necessarily diverse,” Ehrlich says. “The sale itself is broad, with more than 280 works this season, and it has been fun to think through artists inside and outside of the canon that we can put forward as highlights of the auction.”

In addition to Abra I, other top lots include Tom Wesselmann’s Seascape #29, 1967, (with an estimate between US$800,000 and US$1.2 million); Keith Haring’s Andy Mouse, 1986, (also with an estimate between US$800,000 and US$1.2 million); and Jack Whitten’s Garden in Bessemer, 1986 (with an estimate between US$700,000 andUS$1 million).

“I think of the Post-War to Present sale as being especially dynamic … in the best case, even for someone deeply embedded in the market, there should be works which surprise and delight and are unexpected, as well as celebrated market-darlings and art-historical greats,” Ehrlich says.

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