Collector's Choice

Smart Collecting: Elite, Established, Emerging, Indigenous

18th July - 21st August 2008

Robert Juniper

The Forgotten Garden of Timothy D., Paynes Find - 2008, Oil on Belgian Linen, 183 x 212cm

Wagner Art Gallery presents this annual show of an array of prestigious investment paintings from a broad range of distinguished artists. This exhibition is a testament to the great wealth of talent and variety of work from late 20th century Australian artists.

Sculpture Park with Improbable Rainbow, Oil, Gold Leaf / Canvas Laid on Board, 40 x 45cm

Sunrise at Mt Jackson, Mixed Media on Canvas, 200 x 160cm

Charles Blackman

Butterfly's Dream, Version 3, Oil on Canvas, 69 x 88cm

Blue Bouquet - 1989, Monotype 1/1, 69 x 69cm

David Boyd

SOLD Untitled - c. late 1970s, Oil on Canvas, 45 x 50cm

Bather Under Wattle, circa. early 1980's, Oil on Canvas, 35 x 40cm

Tall Ships Returning II - 1992, From the 'Requiem for the Birth of a Nation' Series, Oil on Canvas, 62 x 75cm
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney; Wagner Art Gallery

Martine Emdur

Genevieve, Oil on Canvas, 183 x 214cm

Kathleen Petyarre

Arnkerrthe, Mountain Devil Lizard - 2005, Acrylic on Canvas, 229 x 126cm

Pro Hart

Mulga Bills Bicycle From Banjo Patterson Series - 1976, Oil on Board, 61 x 75cm

Mike Worrall

The Lunch, Oil on Canvas, 153 x 214cm

The Secretary Man - 2008, Oil on Canvas, 75 x 65cm

William Boissevain

The Pink Shirt, Oil on Canvas, 121 x 91cm

Ray Crooke

Islanders gathering leaves, Oil on Canvas, 60 x 76cm

On the Verandah - 2008, Oil on Canvas, 45 x 60cm

Quiet Moment in the Shade - circa. 1980, Oil on Board, 39 x 49cm

Arthur Boyd

Storm Approaching Berwick Landscape, Oil on Board, 90 x 120cm

Rick Amor

Gateway to Heaven - 1992, Oil on Belgian Linen, 45 x 35cm

Frank Hodgkinson

Pont Neuf Paris, Gouache on Paper, 38 x 28cm

Pont Neuf and Bicycle, Gouache on Paper, 38 x 28cm

Paris Spring, Gouache on Paper, 38 x 28cm

The Seine, Gouache on Paper, 28 x 38cm

Pont Neuf, Gouache on Paper, 38 x 28cm

Kurdamurka, 1975 (Lake Eyre), Oil on Canvas, 152 x 122cm

Ernesto Arrisueno

SOLD Sea Doves - 2002, Oil on Canvas, 35 x 25cm

SOLD Blue Moon Roses, Oil on Canvas, 75 x 120cm

Patrick Carroll

Brooklyn, The Hawkesbury Series - 2008, Acrylic on Paper, 75 x 55cm

Evening, the Artists Camp, The Hawkesbury Series - 2008, Acrylic on Paper, 75 x 55cm

Judy Cassab

The Blue Shirt - 2008, Oil on Canvas, 50 x 60cm

Robert Dickerson

The Red Carnation, Pastel on Paper, 50 x 32cm

Melissa Egan

SOLD Picnic - 2008, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 122cm

James Gleeson

The Wave, Oil on Board, 20 x 15cm

Sir Sidney Nolan

Central Australia IV - 1966, Mixed Media & Oil on Board, 51 x 75cm

Margaret Olley

SOLD Poppies and Checked Cloth - 2008, Multi-plate Coloured Etching /75, 58 x 72cm

John Olsen

Tree Frog - 1973, Ink Drawing on Paper, 30 x 30cm

Untitled - Fish on a Table, Mixed Media on Paper, 27 x 35cm

Untitled - Fish in a Sink, Mixed Media on Paper, 27 x 35cm

Marsupial 2 - 2003, Mixed Media on Paper, 191 x 100cm
Signed and dated Lower Right 03
Provenance: One of two commissioned privately from the artist in February 2003. Private collection Sydney.

Artist Camp - circa. late 1990s, Mixed Media on Paper, 79 x 89cm
Provenance: Private collection, Queensland

Gloria Petyarre

SOLD Leaves on the Ground, Acrylic on Canvas, 205 x 325cm

Minnie Pwerle

Awelye - June 2004, Acrylic on Canvas, 150 x 205cm

Garry Shead

Artist and Muse (Velasque and Muse) - 1999, Oil on Canvas on Board, 18 x 13.5cm

Neil Taylor

SOLD Stone Fires & Night Falling Cockatoos - 2008, Acrylic on Canvas, 168 x 137cm

North Coogee - 2008, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 92cm

Judith White

Estuary: Suspension II, Mixed Media on Canvas, 200 x 160cm

Margaret Woodward

From the Orange Tree, Mixed Media on Paper Laminated onto Canvas, 140 x 140cm

Poem for a Dog and the French Poet, Pastel on Paper Laminated on Canvas, 160 x 180cm

Margaret Ackland

Lost - 2007, Acrylic & Oil on Linen, 180 x 152cm

Nigel Hewitt

The Shadower VII, Mixed Media on Canvas, 100 x 110cm

The Shadower II, Mixed Media on Canvas, 100 x 110cm

Penelope Long

Blemish - 2007, Oil on Canvas, 153 x 117cm

Ken Johnson

3 Corners - 2007, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 270cm

SOLD Over Aeons - 2006, Acrylic on Canvas, 45 x 77cm

Charlotte Boyd

The Ballet Dancer - 2008, Cast Bronze Edition 1/30, 135 x 60 x 74cm

Susan Sheridan

The Bay Revisited, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas, 66 x 122cm