Collector's Choice

smART Collecting

elite, established, emerging, indigenous

20th June - 6th August


John Olsen


John Olsen - Octopus, Still Life, Greece, Oil on Canvas, 35 x 45cm

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.


John Olsen - Artist's Camp - c. late 1990's, Mixed Media on Paper, 79 x 89cm

Arthur Boyd


Landscape with Hunter, Crows & Dark Pond - circa. 1962, Oil on Composition Board, 90 x 120cm

Celia Perceval


Watering Trees with Seedling Dandelions, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 101cm


SOLD Crows & Cockies Squabbling, Oil on Canvas, 112 x 168cm
Provenance: Corporate collection Sydney; Wagner Art Gallery


Burrawang ferns in the wattle in Deur National Park, Oil on Linen, 101 x 111cm


Wedge-tailed eagles over the Deur River, Oil on Linen, 91 x 121cm

Robert Juniper


Spring Fantasy with Waterfall, Oil & Acrylic / Belgian Linen, 122 x 192cm


High Tide, Price's Point - 2002, Oil & Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 92 x 91cm


Black Swans - 2008, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 30cm


Wind Drought, Granite Peak - 2008, Mixed Media on Belgian Linen, 84 x 112cm


Wind Drought, Granite Peak, Oil & Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 62 x 92cm

William Boissevain


Cat on a Chinese Chair, Oil Wash on Paper, 60 x 60cm


Nude with Earring - 2008, Conte & Oil Wash on Paper, 75 x 55cm


After the Bath, Conte & Oil Wash on Paper, 75 x 55cm

Charles Blackman


Mother and Child - 1994, Oil & Composition on Board, 75 x 50cm


The Cat's Garden, Etching 23/50, 43 x 60cm


Midnight - c.1990, Watercolour on Paper, 26 x 37cm


SOLD Burmese Cat, Etching 71/90, 60 x 40cm

Margaret Woodward


The Little Red Pierrot's Escape, Oil on Linen, 56 x 56cm


With an arm over the back of the chair, Oil on Linen, 48 x 48cm


SOLD In the morning after the bath, Ink & Mixed Media on Paper, 40 x 26cm


Floating Magic, Oil on Flax Canvas, 45 x 44cm

Ray Crooke


Flower Makers, Thursday Island - 2005, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40cm


The Fijian, Oil on Canvas, 61 x 75cm

John Kelly


Head & Labyrinth, Oil on Canvas, 31 x 48cm
Provenance: Private Collection Canberra, Kenthurst Gallery Sydney

Rick Amor


Study for Sleeping Woman - 1993, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 34cm

Garry Shead


The Party, Pen, Ink & Charcoal on Paper, 26 x 38cm


SOLD Artist and Muse (Olympia), Etching 48/60, 29 x 24cm

Minnie Pwerle (1910 - 2006)


Bush Melon Seeds, Acrylic on Canvas, 150 x 90cm


Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 101 x 122cm
Provenance: Gannon House gallery Sydney 2004


Awelye - 2003, Acrylic on Canvas, 126 x 210cm

Sir Sidney Nolan


Woman in a Landscape, Enamel on Board, 91 x 121cm
Provenance: Schubert Galleries, Marina mirage


Ostrich - 1957, Mixed Media on Paper, 30 x 25cm
Provenance: Australian Galleries

Robert Dickerson


Young Robyn, Pastel on Paper, 27 x 20cm


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

Gloria Petyarre


Leaves - 2008, Acrylic on Linen, 120 x 210cm


Leaves - 2001, Acrylic on Linen, 180 x 360cm

David Boyd


Untitled, Oil on Board, 28 x 23cm


Bush Tango - 2000, Oil on Board, 41 x 31cm


Red Angel, Etching 43/60, 21.5 x 22cm


The Guardian - 2000, Oil on Board, 20 x 25cm


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

Patrick Carroll


Bushfire, Megalong Valley - 2008, Acrylic on Paper on Canvas, 102 x 112cm

Donald Friend


Hill End, Oil on Board, 26 x 37cm

Frank Hodgkinson


Opera House - 1987, Watercolour & Gouache on Paper, 34 x 31cm


Paris Spring - 2001, Gouache on Paper, 38 x 28cm


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


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


Harbour Bridge - 1987, Watercolour & Gouache on Paper, 50 x 25cm

Leonard Long


Murray River - 1999, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 120cm


SOLD Shoalhaven Gorge - 2002, Oil on Board, 30 x 40cm

John Rigby


Landscape and Orange Trees, Oil on Canvas, 84 x 92cm


Wild Coast, Oil on Canvas, 31 x 41cm

Boyd Sanday


We fall like leaves - 2009, Oil on Linen, 30 x 26cm


One of those God Days, Oil on Linen on Board, 30 x 30cm


SOLD Night Fire - 2009, Oil on Linen, 28 x 35cm


Roaming Sky - 2009, Oil on Linen, 27 x 30cm

Neil Taylor


Distant Cockatoos, Grose Valley - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 168 x 137cm


A Study for Genesis - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 92 x 92cm

Judith White


Rising Flood, Mixed Media on Canvas, 110 x 130cm


Mangrove Edge, Mixed Media on Canvas, 50 x 60cm

Brett Whiteley


Lavender Bay Wharf - 1978, Etching 23/90, 60 x 50cm

Mike Worrall


Juno, Oil on Linen, 50 x 30cm


Fuschia, Oil on Linen, 50 x 30cm

Min Woo Bang


Mist No. 1 - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm


Mist No. 2 - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm


Pine Tree - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 50cm


Mist No. 4 - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm


Time - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm


Misty Day - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 152 x 122cm


SOLD Mist No. 3 - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm


SOLD Two Trees - 2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 25cm

Geoff Dyer


SOLD Cliff Face, Maris Island, TAS - 2006, Gouache on Arches Paper, 56 x 76cm

Susan Sheridan


Nuga Nuga Revisited - 2007, Acrylic on Linen, 92 x 92cm