Dog in a Landscape (diptych), 82 x 99 cm
This very fine gouache by Australia’s contemporary master had been purchased at auction 
at Sotheby’s in 1992 for $4,400.
After a sympathetic reframe, “Dog in Landscape” achieved a very comfortable appreciation in value when it sold for $42,000 incl. buyer’s premium. A handsome return for the owner.
BACKGROUND We acted for the family of the artist in the sale of this previously unknown portrait of an elegant self-assured woman. VALUATION & OUTCOME The painting carried a pre-sale estimate of $45,000 to $ 65,000. However, this beautiful typical work of the modernist artist sold for more than double
BACKGROUND: The landscape works of Sydney by John Ryder Roberts are extremely rare, and only a handful of them have ever been offered at public auction. This historically very important watercolour of the Folwer Pottery in Camperdown in Sydney had been passed down through several generations of the same family,
