Frances Hodgkins paintings sell to collector for $A86,000
Published March 31st, 2006
Australian Auction Info
Two paintings by great New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins sold for more than $A86,000 under the hammer at Bonhams and Goodman auction in Sydney last night.
Auctioneer Tim Goodman said it had been speculated that the Hodgkins’ works would go to a New Zealand bidder but they both sold to a local Sydney collector with a particular interest in female artists.
Blackberry and Apple, a Hodgkins watercolour and pencil still life, sold for $A26,300 and Harbour, South of France(1946), fetched $A59,750.
“The buyer who preferred anonymity was thrilled with his purchases,’’ Goodman said from Sydney today.
The unearthed Hodgkins paintings were recently discovered around the same time in the UK by complete coincidence.
Bonhams and Goodman hold the Australia record ($A175,000) for a Hodgkins, while Webbs in Auckland holds the NZ record of more than $400,000.
