Kevin Charles
The Banjo Patterson Mural
Found at
Christies,
Melbourne
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 122
6. May - 7. May 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 122
6. May - 7. May 2003
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 AUD
Price realised: 99.875 AUD
Price realised: 99.875 AUD
Description
KEVIN CHARLES (PRO) HART (b. 1928)
The Banjo Patterson Mural
first panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); dated and titled '73-74/THE BANJO PATTERSON MURAL' (lower left); inscribed 'THERE WAS MOVEMENT AT THE STATION/AS THE WORD WAS PASSED AROUND' (centre left)
second panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); inscribed 'BEEN THERE BEFORE/THE WIDOW BOUGHT THE LAWER'S (sic) ROOM/WITH CHILDREN IN TOWN/THE MAN WHO WAS AWAY' (lower right)
third panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); inscribed 'IT WAS THE IRONBARKB' (centre left); further inscribed 'LOST/FLOWING BEARDS ARE ALL THE RAGE/UP THERE IN IRONBARK' (lower centre); 'OVER THE RANGE/LITTLE BUSH MAIDEN/WANDERING EYED' (lower right)
fourth panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper left); inscribed 'HOW McGINNIS WENT MISSING' (centre left); further inscribed 'A VOICE FROM THE TOWN" (lower left); further inscribed 'THE FIRST SURVEYOR' (lower right)
The Banjo Patterson Mural
first panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); dated and titled '73-74/THE BANJO PATTERSON MURAL' (lower left); inscribed 'THERE WAS MOVEMENT AT THE STATION/AS THE WORD WAS PASSED AROUND' (centre left)
second panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); inscribed 'BEEN THERE BEFORE/THE WIDOW BOUGHT THE LAWER'S (sic) ROOM/WITH CHILDREN IN TOWN/THE MAN WHO WAS AWAY' (lower right)
third panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper right); inscribed 'IT WAS THE IRONBARKB' (centre left); further inscribed 'LOST/FLOWING BEARDS ARE ALL THE RAGE/UP THERE IN IRONBARK' (lower centre); 'OVER THE RANGE/LITTLE BUSH MAIDEN/WANDERING EYED' (lower right)
fourth panel: signed 'PRO/HART' (upper left); inscribed 'HOW McGINNIS WENT MISSING' (centre left); further inscribed 'A VOICE FROM THE TOWN" (lower left); further inscribed 'THE FIRST SURVEYOR' (lower right)
A top price for Kevin Charles Hart
The work The Banjo Patterson Mural by Kevin Charles Hart was sold in the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction at Christies in Melbourne in May 2003. The »bidding war« ended at AUD 99,875.00 (€ 55,285.22), 25% above the upper estimate. With this result, The Banjo Patterson Mural is even the most expensive work of art by Kevin Charles Hart that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kevin Charles Hart
Die Arbeit The Banjo Patterson Mural von Kevin Charles Hart wurde im Mai 2003 in der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS bei Christies in Melbourne versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von AUD 99.875,00 (€ 55.285,22) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Banjo Patterson Mural sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Kevin Charles Hart, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kevin Charles Hart - Auction history
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