Top 10 Art Auction Prices in August
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in August 2024 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $5.3 million.
1.
David Hammons
- Title: Untitled
- Medium: body print and acrylic and white pastel on paper
- Size: 25.2 x 19.8 in. / 64.1 x 50.2 cm.
- Sale Of: Fair Warning: Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Sold For: 1,121,000 US$ Hammer
2.
Sidney Nolan
- Title: Ned Kelly: Crossing Bridge
- Medium: oil on composition board
- Size: 48 x 60.2 in. / 122 x 152.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 1,000,000 AUD (675,037 US$) Hammer
3.
Frederick Ronald Williams
- Title: Acacia Sapling
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 42 x 40 in. / 106.7 x 101.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 800,000 AUD (540,029 US$) Hammer
4.
Nicholas Chevalier
- Title: Lake Colac and the Warrior's Hill, from Corangamorah
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 31.1 x 48.4 in. / 79 x 123 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 800,000 AUD (540,029 US$) Hammer
5.
Agnes Pelton
- Title: Flowering
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Size: 24 x 19 in. / 61 x 48.3 cm.
- Sale Of: John Moran Auctioneers & Appraisers: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
- Sold For: 450,000 US$ Hammer
6.
Franz Arthur Bischoff
- Title: Roses
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 30 x 40 in. / 76.2 x 101.6 cm.
- Sale Of: Bonhams Los Angeles: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Sold For: 445,000 US$ Premium
7.
Frederick Ronald Williams
- Title: Summer Snow at Perisher
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 53.1 x 60.1 in. / 134.8 x 152.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 650,000 AUD (438,774 US$) Hammer
8.
Conrad Martens
- Title: Sydney from Lewis’s Ground
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 23.6 x 34.6 in. / 60 x 88 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 600,000 AUD (405,022 US$) Hammer
9.
Don Binney
- Title: Malay Dove, Wooden Mansions
- Medium: acrylic and oil on canvas
- Size: 39.8 x 19.7 in. / 101 x 50 cm.
- Sale Of: Webb's: Monday, August 26, 2024
- Sold For: 561,650 NZD (348,418 US$) Premium
10.
Brett Whiteley
- Title: Green Heron
- Medium: bronze and painted eye
- Size: 102.6 x 11.8 x 25.6 in. / 260.5 x 30 x 65 cm.
- Sale Of: Smith & Singer: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Sold For: 500,000 AUD (337,518 US$) Hammer
