Dick Watkins Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Dick Watkins Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 19, 2024
DICK WATKINS, (1937 -), Dancing in the Dark, 1988, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 244 cm
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
DICK WATKINS (1937 - ) Dancing in the Dark, 1988 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and inscribed verso: Dick Watkins / Dancing in the Dark / 1988
Lawsons
Dec. 03, 2024
RICHARD WATKINS, (1937 -), Mural Study, acrylic on board, 30 x 90 (frame: 38 x 98.5) cm
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
RICHARD WATKINS (1937 - ) Mural Study acrylic on board
Lawsons
Dec. 01, 2024
DICK WATKINS, (1937 -), Bahia 1993, acrylic on canvas, 137 x 183 cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DICK WATKINS (1937 - ) Bahia 1993 acrylic on canvas initialled, dated and titled verso: R.W. 23.7.93, Bahia 'Bahia'
Lawsons
Dec. 01, 2024
DICK WATKINS, (1937 -), Dancing in the Dark, 1988, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 244 cm
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
DICK WATKINS (1937 - ) Dancing in the Dark, 1988 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and inscribed verso: Dick Watkins / Dancing in the Dark / 1988
Lawsons
Nov. 25, 2024
Dick Watkins, (b.1937), Untitled (Abstract), 1985, ink on paper, 42 x 59 cm
Est: $600 - $800
Dick Watkins (b.1937) Untitled (Abstract), 1985 ink on paper signed and dated l.r.c. 'R.W.85'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 22, 2024
Watkins, Richard John: Komposition ohne Titel
Est: €600 - €1,200
Watkins, Richard John - Untitled composition (New South Wales 1937 b.) Ink/paper. Signed and dated lower right. ''(19)80''. Approx. 42 x 61 cm; framed under glass. - Frame defects, handmade paper wavy. // Watkins, Richard John Komposition ohne Titel (New South Wales 1937 geb.) Tusche/Papier. Rechts unten sign. und dat. ''(19)80''. Ca. 42 x 61 cm; unter Glas ger. - Rahmenmängel, Büttenpapier wellig.
Kunstauktionshaus Schlosser
Oct. 27, 2024
RICHARD (DICK) WATKINS (BORN 1937), Quine’s Point 1995
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
RICHARD (DICK) WATKINS (BORN 1937) Quine's Point 1995 oil on canvas signed, dated and titled on stretcher verso: R Watkins 16 - 1 - 95 / QUINE'S POINT 137 x 183cm PROVENANCE Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne Julian Burnside & Kate Durham Collection, Melbourne © Richard Watkins/Copyright Agency, 2024
Gibson's
Jul. 18, 2024
DICK WATKINS, GANCHO 1983, OIL ON CANVAS, INITIALED LOWER CENTRE, 25.5 X 35.5CM
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
DICK WATKINS, GANCHO 1983, OIL ON CANVAS, INITIALED LOWER CENTRE, 25.5 X 35.5CM
Leonard Joel
Jul. 10, 2024
DICK WATKINS, (1937 -), Untitled, 1990, acrylic on paper, 56 x 75cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DICK WATKINS (1937 - ) Untitled, 1990 acrylic on paper Signed "RW" and dated "90" lower left
Lawsons
Jul. 04, 2024
DICK WATKINS, GANCHO 1983, OIL ON CANVAS, INITIALED LOWER CENTRE, 25.5 X 35.5CM
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DICK WATKINS, GANCHO 1983, OIL ON CANVAS, INITIALED LOWER CENTRE, 25.5 X 35.5CM
Leonard Joel
May. 21, 2024
Dick Watkins, (b. 1937), Blue Found, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 101 x 76 cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Dick Watkins (b. 1937) Blue Found, 2020 acrylic on canvas titled, signed and dated verso 'Blue Found, R. Watkins, 18-8-20'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Mar. 12, 2024
Dick Watkins, (b. 1937), Untitled, 1990, acrylic on paper, 56 x 75 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
† Dick Watkins (b. 1937) Untitled, 1990 acrylic on paper signed and dated l.l.c. ‘RW, '90'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 24, 2023
Watkins, Richard John: Komposition ohne Titel
Est: €600 - €1,200
Watkins, Richard John - Untitled composition (New South Wales 1937 b.) Ink/paper. Signed and dated lower right. ''(19)80''. Approx. 42 x 61 cm; framed under glass. - Frame defects, handmade paper wavy. // Watkins, Richard John Komposition ohne Titel (New South Wales 1937 geb.) Tusche/Papier. Rechts unten sign. und dat. ''(19)80''. Ca. 42 x 61 cm; unter Glas ger. - Rahmenmängel, Büttenpapier wellig.
Kunstauktionshaus Schlosser
Nov. 20, 2023
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)* Untitled, 1990
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
acrylic on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'RW, '90'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 20, 2023
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)* Untitled, 1990
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
acrylic on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'RW, '90'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 20, 2023
Dick Watkins (b. 1937) Rust, 2020
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
acrylic on canvas, titled, signed and dated verso 'Rust, R. Watkins, 27-5-20'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 05, 2023
DICK WATKINS, UNTITLED, 1990
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937 UNTITLED, 1990 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 167.0 x 167.0 cm signed with initials lower left: RW PROVENANCE Gift from the artist to Rollin Schlicht, Sydney Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney Menzies, Melbourne, 31 October 2013, lot 18 Private collection, Melbourne Private collection, Adelaide © Dick Watkins/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 29, 2023
Dick Watkins (born 1937) Woman #17, 1993
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Dick Watkins (born 1937) Woman #17, 1993 titled, dated and signed verso on stretcher: ''WOMAN #17' R. Watkins 22.8.93' oil on canvas 167.0 x 121.5cm (65 3/4 x 47 13/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 04, 2023
Dick Watkins (born 1937) French Village, 1993
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Dick Watkins (born 1937) French Village, 1993 titled verso: 'FRENCH VILLAGE' synthetic polymer paint on canvas 122.0 x 152.0cm (48 1/16 x 59 13/16in).
Bonhams
Dec. 04, 2022
WATKINS Dick (b.1937), Study for Mural, Acrylic on Bainbridge Board, 30x91cm
Est: $800 - $1,500
WATKINS, Dick (b.1937) Study for Mural Unsigned Acrylic on Bainbridge Board 30x91cm PROVENANCE: Australian Corporate Collection
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 01, 2022
DICK WATKINS, EPISTROPHY, 1973
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937 EPISTROPHY, 1973 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 122.0 x 162.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: “EPISTROPHY” ⁄ DICK WATKINS ⁄ 1973 PROVENANCE David Bluford, Sydney Laverty collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in December 1986
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 21, 2022
WATKINS Dick (b.1937), Poster for 'Splurge,' 1968., S/Print, 45.5x45.5cm (image)
Est: $500 - $700
WATKINS, Dick (b.1937) Poster for 'Splurge,' 1968. These posters sold through Central Street Gallery, Sydney in 1968 for $2 each. S/Print 45.5x45.5cm (image)
Davidson Auctions
Aug. 09, 2022
DICK WATKINS, SCOOP, 1991
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937 SCOOP, 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 152.0 x 243.5 cm signed with initials, dated and inscribed with title on stretcher bar verso: SCOOP R.W. 1991 PROVENANCE Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney Private collection Christie's, Sydney, 13 August 2000, lot 54 The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Dick Watkins, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, 1 – 25 April 1992 on long term loan to Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, prior to 2006 (label attached verso) on long term loan to Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria LITERATURE Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 237 This work is located in our Sydney Gallery © Dick Watkins/Copyright Agency 2022
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 24, 2022
RICHARD JOHN (DICK) WATKINS - NIGHT IN TUNISIA - Oil on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
RICHARD JOHN (DICK) WATKINS (B.1937) NIGHT IN TUNISIA Signed, titled and dated 1973 verso Oil on canvas 122 x 162cm $8,000/12,000
GFL Fine Art
Feb. 22, 2022
DICK WATKINS, ANTHROPOLOGY, 1973
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937 ANTHROPOLOGY, 1973 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 122.0 x 165.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: ANTHROPOLOGY DICK WATKINS 1973 PROVENANCE Probably: Coventry Gallery, Sydney Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in 1975 (label attached verso) EXHIBITED The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 October – 28 November 1982 The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 30 April - 29 May 1988 The Seventies: Contemporary Australian Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection, organised by Regional Galleries Association of New South Wales, New South Wales, cat. 28; and touring, Tamworth City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 24 May – 24 June 1990; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 11 July – 6 August 1990; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 17 August – 10 September 1990; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 October – 31 October 1990 LITERATURE Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 95, p. 108 (illus.) ESSAY Dick Watkins is one of Australia finest formalist and painterly abstractionists of his generation. Critical and curatorial interest in his work has never hesitated in a career spanning more than five decades. He is an artist with the rare gift of taking his initial conception to realisation, and when the resolution of pictorial form is achieved, he can effortlessly change stylistic emphasis. With an interest in European Modernism and North American abstraction, Watkins represents an autodidactic curiosity and understanding. Between 1959 – 1961 he travelled and saw the work of those who would shape his future. An unwavering interest in Picasso, Matisse and Jackson Pollock and other New School painters became the wellspring of his thinking about making paintings. This intellectual inquiry and working in the studio was always a source of influence, not appropriation. While the influences are often apparent they are used as aesthetic and stylistic yardsticks and become unmistakably personal. Watkins’ approach was explored in the exhibition Dick Watkins in Context: An Exhibition from the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia. In the company of greats from Picasso and Matisse to Robert Rauschenberg, de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock it was a gesture of astonishing respect for an Australian artist.1 Surface flatness, clarity of form and colour reached a distinctive culmination for Watkins when The Mooche, 1968 was exhibited and praised critically in The Field exhibition in 1968.2 A distinct shift followed. In the earlier, Untitled, 1970, deftly controlled drips and sweeps of black paint become a stained choreographed calligraphy. The execution is flowing and lyrical with each action held in check.3 In Anthropology, painted three years later, a commanding robustness energises the surface. The looping and swirling lyricism in black, blue and silver-grey inflections is quite unlike Australian lyrical abstraction of the time – its unapologetic debt to Abstract Expressionism becomes a rethinking of a painterly genre which had held a lifelong preoccupation. Watkins’ colour is invariably muted, no glaring primaries, no shrillness. One aspect of his post-colourfield work is the use of colour as a flat plane which is activated with rapidly brushed black gestures. Another is where coloured sgraffito-like forms are further delineated with black. Anthropology embraces a confidence and sheer exuberance where correction, erasure and overpainting is not possible. The ambition and clarity of Watkins’ intention is unequivocal in its realisation. 1. Dick Watkins in Context: An Exhibition from the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1993 2. The Field, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1968 – a landmark exhibition of Colourfield abstraction to mark the opening of the NGV at its new StKilda Road premises. The Mooche, 1968, synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas, collection of the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art 3. Dick Watkins, Untitled, 1970, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gift of Penelope Seidler, 2001 DOUG HALL AM © Dick Watkins/Copyright Agency 2022
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 23, 2021
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Untitled, c. 1980 mixed media on paper, signed l.m. 'Watkins'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 18, 2021
Richard Howells Watkins. The Air Murders.
Est: $200 - $400
Scarce. 1st edition in Dust Jacket. NY 1929. From the Otto Penzler Collection.
Weiss Auctions
Dec. 01, 2020
DICK WATKINS (born 1937) Three Figures 1984 oil on canvas
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DICK WATKINS (born 1937) Three Figures 1984 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated verso: 'THREE FIGURES' / R. WATKINS / 1984 168 x 122cm PROVENANCE: 312 Lennox Street Gallery, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 28 April 2010, lot 110 Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Jun. 25, 2020
Dick Watkins (1937 - ) - No. 14, 1971 152 x 157 cm (total: 152 x 157 x 4 cm )
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Dick Watkins (1937 - ) No. 14, 1971 ink on canvas 152 x 157 cm (total: 152 x 157 x 4 cm ) signed on stretcher bar verso
Lawsons
Jun. 25, 2020
Dick Watkins (1937 - ) - Night in Tunisia, 1973 122 x 162.5 cm (total: 122 x 162.5 x 5 cm)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Dick Watkins (1937 - ) Night in Tunisia, 1973 oil on canvas 122 x 162.5 cm (total: 122 x 162.5 x 5 cm) inscribed, dated and titled verso
Lawsons
Nov. 26, 2019
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled II, 1993 oil on paper, initialled and dated l.l.c. 'R. W. '93'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2019
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Head, 1990 acrylic on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'R.W., '90'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jun. 27, 2019
DICK WATKINS born 1937, Somewhere 1998
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937, Somewhere 1998 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 136.0 x 213.0 cm signed with initials lower right: RW signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'Somewhere'/ R. Watkins/ 14-2-98/ 6.5.98 Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 November 2013, lot 22 Private collection, Melbourne Dick Watkins: Marks and Angles, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 10 July - 5 August 2001, cat.5
Menzies
Feb. 26, 2019
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Untitled, 2001, acrylic on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'R.W.'01'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 26, 2019
Dick Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Untitled, 2007, carborundum print on four sheets of paper, edition: 1/5, signed and dated l.r.c. 'R.W. '07' Liverpool Street Gallery, East Sydney
Shapiro Auctioneers
Dec. 09, 2018
Attrib WATKINS, Richard (Dick) (b.1937)
Est: $50 - $100
Attrib WATKINS, Richard (Dick) (b.1937) 'Orchard near Dural'. Signed lower left; inscribed with title verso Pastel 28x49cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 28, 2018
DICK WATKINS, born 1937, DOCTOR BLUES, 1989, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
DICK WATKINS, born 1937, DOCTOR BLUES, 1989, synthetic polymer paint on canvas SIGNED: signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: ‘Doctor Blues’ // R. Watkins. 1989 DIMENSIONS: 152.0 x 107.0 cm PROVENANCE: Yuill/Crowley, Sydney The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney LITERATURE: Loxley, A., ‘The Laverty Collection’, Art and Australia, Fine Arts Press Pty Limited, Sydney, Spring 1996, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 72 (illus.)
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 04, 2018
WATKINS, Richard John (Dick) (b.1937) - 'Friends,' 1998. Signed & inscribed verso 23/2/98
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
WATKINS, Richard John (Dick) (b.1937) 'Friends,' 1998. Signed & inscribed verso 23/2/98 Acrylic on Canvas 152x152cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 04, 2018
Attrib WATKINS, Richard (Dick) (b.1937) - 'Orchard near Dural'. Signed lower left; inscribed with title verso
Est: $80 - $150
Attrib WATKINS, Richard (Dick) (b.1937) 'Orchard near Dural'. Signed lower left; inscribed with title verso Pastel 28x49cm
Davidson Auctions
Aug. 27, 2018
Painting with Two Orche Balls - Richard John (Dick) Watkins (1937- ) Australia
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
Painting with Two Orche Balls - Richard John (Dick) Watkins (1937- ) Australia
Colville Auctions
Aug. 09, 2018
DICK WATKINS born 1937, Escape 1984
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DICK WATKINS born 1937, Escape 1984 153.0 x 156.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: "ESCAPE"/ R WATKINS./ 1984 synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Menzies
Jul. 29, 2018
WATKINS, Richard John (Dick) (b.1937)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
'Friends,' 1998. Signed & inscribed verso 23/2/98 Acrylic on Canvas 152x152cm
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 29, 2018
WATKINS, Richard John (Dick) (b.1937)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
'Mahler's Ghost,' 1998. Signed & inscribed verso 17/2/98 Acrylic on Canvas 152x122cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 28, 2017
DICK WATKINS (born 1937) Zoo Quest 1998 acrylic on canvas
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
DICK WATKINS (born 1937) Zoo Quest 1998 acrylic on canvas initialed lower right: RW signed, titled and dated verso 152 x 214cm PROVENANCE: Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, 1999 Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Dick Watkins, Recent Work 1998-1999, Martin Browne Fine Art, 28 April - 23 May 1999, cat no.9.
Leonard Joel
Nov. 22, 2017
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Still Life, 1984, oil on canvas, titled, signed and dated verso 'Still Life, R. Watkins, 1984'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 25, 2017
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Untitled, 1993, oil on paper, initialled and dated l.l.c. 'R. W. '93', 56 x 76 cm, Provenance: Leonard Joel, The Sunday Art Auction, Melbourne, 28/08/2011, Lot No. 348
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 09, 2017
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937) Untitled, 1998 oil on canvas, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RW, '98'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 09, 2017
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Richard (Dick) Watkins (b. 1937) The French Village, 1993 acrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated verso 'The French Village, Dick Watkins, 1993' Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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