Wieneke Archive Book 4h : Art Sales Presscuttings

be af- adv ler- to the rial ers, Lion oint tors blic ;ht the as. eal in - be the -in- SO den Jailed lawyer's paintings are sold BRISBANE, Friday.- A collection of 45 con- temporary paintings, col- lages and sketches were osld at auction today for a little more than $6,000. Prices at the auction ranged from $10 for the small "Green Grass of Home." by Hans Larsen, to $1,050 for a 54 -inch square painting by Stanis- laus Rapotec. Seven paintings by Mer- vyn Moriarty. of Brisbane. sold for between $30 and $250. A 48in by 46in painting. "Gateless Gate," by Desi- derius Orban. sold for $600. and two of his drawings fetched $95 and $85. The pictures were from the collection of a Bris- bane solicitor now serving a jail sentence. Isles Love and Co Pty Ltd conducted the sale under instructions from the Public Curator of Queens- land that all items were to be sold. £33,003 Paid For Still Life Painting PARIS, Sunday.-A Cezanne still life. "Apples and Bis- cuits," br.)ught £33,000 sterl ing in what was described as the most important art sale in the world in Paris. Sixty-three paintings and six, pieces of sculpture on sale from the Cognac Jay Museum realised £ 362,000-nearly all to French buyers despite Bri- tish, American, Swiss and other bidders. Other sales included "Young Girl with Flowers in Her Hat" (Renoir) for £22,500; "Two Sisters" (Renoir) L19,000; "Thistles" (van Gough), £16, 500; "Maiden on a Pilgrim- age" (Menet) £11,600, and "Girl With Dogs" (Fragonard). £10,600. The sale resulted from the death of a Cognac store owner who meant to leave the plc tures to the nation but altered his will when he was removed' from the presidency of the French National Museum. Trust after collaboration charges. - -