Weaver Hawkins Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Weaver Hawkins Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 17, 2024
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) Parenthood 1962 oil on masonite 100 x 75cm (116 x 91cm framed)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) Parenthood 1962 oil on masonite signed and dated lower left: Roakin 62 titled verso 100 x 75cm (116 x 91cm framed) PROVENANCE: The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Nudes, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, 11th July – 26th August 1990, touring Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Queensland and Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 1991, cat. no. 25 Weaver Hawkins and William Frater, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Sydney, 1992
Leonard Joel
Sep. 10, 2024
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Church Point, 1952
Est: $14,000 - $18,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Church Point, 1952 signed and dated lower left: 'Raokin 52' inscribed verso: 'WEAVER HAWKINS / CHURCH POINT' oil on canvas 72.0 x 92.5cm (28 3/8 x 36 7/16in).
Bonhams
Sep. 10, 2024
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Study for Gondolas, 1957
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Study for Gondolas, 1957 signed and dated lower left: 'Raokin / 57' watercolour and pencil on paper 38.0 x 55.0cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8in).
Bonhams
Aug. 26, 2024
Harold Weaver (Raokin) Hawkins, Australia (1893-1977), Steps Down 1966, Ink & pencil on paper
Est: $600 - $800
Harold Weaver (Raokin) Hawkins Australia (1893-1977) Steps Down 1966 Ink & pencil on paper Signed & dated lower right Signed & titled verso
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Aug. 25, 2024
HAWKINS Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977), 'Surrey Canal,' 1924., Oil on Canvas, 49x60cm
Est: $6,000 - $10,000
HAWKINS, Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977) 'Surrey Canal,' 1924. Initialled and dated lower right. Original label verso. The subject is Canal Bridge, Old Kent Road, London. The artist also produced an aquatint of this subject (illus.) Oil on Canvas 49x60cm
Davidson Auctions
Jun. 04, 2024
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) Adam 1962 watercolour on paper 55 x 70.5cm (90 x 93.5cm framed)
Est: $800 - $1,200
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) Adam 1962 watercolour on paper signed and dated lower centre: Raokin. 62. 55 x 70.5cm (90 x 93.5cm framed) PROVENANCE: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (label verso) The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-19 October 1985, cat. no. 9 (label verso)
Leonard Joel
May. 21, 2024
Weaver Hawkins, (1893-1977), Moored in Line, 1957, watercolour on paper, 37 x 54 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Moored in Line, 1957 watercolour on paper signed and dated l.l.c. 'Roakin, '57'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Weaver Hawkins, (1893-1977), Landscape, 1964, oil on composition board, 55.5 x 37.5 cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Landscape, 1964 oil on composition board signed and dated l.l.c. ‘Raokin, '64', signed and inscribed verso ‘Weaver Hawkins, Sydney'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Weaver Hawkins, (1893-1977), In Siena, 1955, oil on board, 90 x 71 cm
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) In Siena, 1955 oil on board signed and dated l.l.c. 'Raokin '55', titled verso 'In Siena'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Mar. 27, 2024
WEAVER HAWKINS (1892-1977), View Terrace (South of France) 1924
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY WEAVER HAWKINS (1892-1977) View Terrace (South of France) 1924 oil on canvas on board 48.5 x 56.0 cm; 55.5 x 62.0 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower right: HWH/ 2/ 4
Menzies
Mar. 19, 2024
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) On The Track 1965 oil on composition board 61.5 x 90.5cm
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) On The Track 1965 oil on composition board signed and dated lower right: Raokin 65 61.5 x 90.5cm PROVENANCE: Christie's, Melbourne, 27 April 1998, lot 13 Private collection Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 7 May 2006, lot 55 Corporate collection, Melbourne Lawsons, Sydney, 7 June 2010, lot 620 Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17-29 March 1976, cat. no. 36 Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, 23 September - 10 October 1976, cat. no. 25 Cintra House Galleries, Brisbane, Retrospective - H. F. Weaver Hawkins, September 1978, cat. no. 33
Leonard Joel
Mar. 12, 2024
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin), (1893-1977), Surry Canal, etching on paper, 14 x 16 cm
Est: $400 - $600
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin) (1893-1977) Surry Canal etching on paper edition: A/P, numbered and signed below image 'Proof, H Weaver Hawkins'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Mar. 12, 2024
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin), (1893-1977), The River, etching on paper, 11 x 17.5 cm
Est: $400 - $600
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin) (1893-1977) The River etching on paper edition: 2/20, numbered and signed below image '2/20, H Weaver Hawkins'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Mar. 12, 2024
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin), (1893-1977), The Two Minutes Silence, 1928, linocut on tissue paper, 17 x 22 cm
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Weaver Hawkins (Roakin) (1893-1977) The Two Minutes Silence, 1928 linocut on tissue paper signed l.r.c. 'Roakin'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 13, 2024
WEAVER HAWKINS, DESCENT, 1964
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) DESCENT, 1964 oil on composition board 59.5 x 77.5 cm 68.0 x 86.0 cm (frame) signed and dated lower left: Raokin. 64. bears inscription verso: Descent / Weaver Hawkins Raokin / Sydney PROVENANCE Private collection, New South Wales, acquired c.1960s Thence by descent Private collection, New South Wales This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 07, 2024
Harold Frederick Weaver (Raokin) Hawkins (1893-1977)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
In Siena, 1955 oil on board, signed and dated l.l.c. 'Raokin 55', titled verso 'In Siena'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 28, 2023
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Study for Gondolas, 1957
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Study for Gondolas, 1957 signed and dated lower left: 'Raokin / 57' watercolour and pencil on paper 38.0 x 55.0cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8in).
Bonhams
Nov. 28, 2023
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Church Point, 1952
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Church Point, 1952 signed and dated lower left: 'Raokin 52' inscribed verso: 'WEAVER HAWKINS / CHURCH POINT' oil on canvas 72.0 x 92.5cm (28 3/8 x 36 7/16in).
Bonhams
Nov. 25, 2023
HAWKINS Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977), 'A Garden Bouquet,' 1944., Oil on Ply, 48.5x45cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HAWKINS, Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977) 'A Garden Bouquet,' 1944. Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, label verso. Oil on Ply 48.5x45cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 21, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 Group with Reproduction 1950 oil on composition board 55 x 64.5 cm
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 Group with Reproduction 1950 oil on composition board signed and dated 'Raokin. 50' upper right 55 x 64.5 cm PROVENANCE Weaver Hawkins, Sydney Private Collection Australian & International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 28 August 2002, lot 207, illustrated Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Smith & Singer
Nov. 16, 2023
WEAVER (RAOKIN) HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) Assorted Objects, 1963 oil on board 49 x 69 cm (frame: 58 x 79 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower ...
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
WEAVER (RAOKIN) HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) Assorted Objects, 1963 oil on board 49 x 69 cm (frame: 58 x 79 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower left | Provenance: Collection of the Hawkins family, Sydney Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 12 December 2009, lot 267. Private Collection, Queensland Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 5 September 2017, lot 130. Private Collection, New South Wales
Lawsons
Oct. 10, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS, BURRAGORANG, 1945
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) BURRAGORANG, 1945 watercolour on paper 27.5 x 37.0 cm 56.5 x 66.5 cm (frame) signed and dated lower left: Raokin. 45 PROVENANCE Private collection Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 10 August 1998, lot 130 Private collection, Melbourne RELATED WORK Burragorang, 1946, oil on canvas, 51.0 x 60.5 cm, illus. front cover of exhibition catalogue, Weaver Hawkins 1893 – 1977, Memorial Retrospective Exhibition, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, touring 1977 – 1979 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 08, 2023
HAWKINS Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977), 'Mother with Infant,' 1947., Monotype, 51.5x36.5cm
Est: $700 - $1,200
HAWKINS, Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977) 'Mother with Infant,' 1947. Monotype 51.5x36.5cm
Davidson Auctions
Sep. 20, 2023
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) On the Lawn, 1941
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
watercolour on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'Raokin, 1941'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 29, 2023
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Parenthood, 1962
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Parenthood, 1962 signed and dated lower left: 'Raokin 62' oil on board 100.0 x 75.0cm (39 3/8 x 29 1/2in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Aug. 23, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 El Sokko Grande, Tangier (1923) oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 El Sokko Grande, Tangier (1923) oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm PROVENANCE Weaver Hawkins, London Private Collection, United Kingdom, by descent from the above EXHIBITED Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1923, no. 665
Smith & Singer
Aug. 20, 2023
HAWKINS Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977), 'On Deck,' 1957., W/Clr & Gouache, 38x56.5cm
Est: $1,800 - $3,500
HAWKINS, Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977) 'On Deck,' 1957. Ex Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (label verso) W/Clr & Gouache 38x56.5cm
Davidson Auctions
Aug. 20, 2023
HAWKINS Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977), 'Looking at TV,' 1964., Oil on Board, 90.5x60cm
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
HAWKINS, Harold Weaver (Raokin) (1893-1977) 'Looking at TV,' 1964. Signed Raokin lower right, inscribed with title verso. Oil on Board 90.5x60cm
Davidson Auctions
Aug. 16, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS, CONSTRUCTION OF A HANGAR, 1949
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) CONSTRUCTION OF A HANGAR, 1949 oil on plywood 40.0 x 50.0 cm signed and dated lower right: Raokin / 49 inscribed with title verso: Construction of a Hangar PROVENANCE Private collection, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in the 1970s
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 28, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977), The Two Rooms, oil on board, signed upper right "Raokin '46", inscribed in pencil and signed in the artists hand with title verso, with Macquarie Galleries label affixed and conservators report attached verso
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977), The Two Rooms, oil on board, signed upper right "Raokin '46", inscribed in pencil and signed in the artists hand with title verso, with Macquarie Galleries label affixed and conservators report attached verso, 40cm x 50cm, 59cm x 68cm overall
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
May. 02, 2023
§ WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 Tiddly-Winks 1950 oil on composition board
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
§ WEAVER HAWKINS 1893-1977 Tiddly-Winks 1950 oil on composition board signed and dated 'Raokin. 50' lower left 71.5 x 91.5 cm PROVENANCE Weaver Hawkins, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above Private Collection, Melbourne Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Twelfth Annual Interstate Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Education Department's Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 October - 18 November 1950, no. 179, 50 gns Weaver Hawkins (Raokin), Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 15-24 May 1951, no. 2, 65 gns H.F. Weaver-Hawkins (1893-1977), The Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, 30 September - 15 October 1978, no. 18, $800 Weaver Hawkins: Survey Exhibition 1920-1972, 27 Niagara Lane Galleries, 30 May - 18 June 1982, no. 20, $3,000
Smith & Singer
Apr. 23, 2023
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Self Portrait, 1941
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) Self Portrait, 1941 signed lower right: 'Raokin 41' oil on composition board 59.0 x 44.0cm (23 1/4 x 17 5/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 14, 2023
Harold Frederick (Raokin) Weaver Hawkins (Australian, 1893-1977), No.1 Surrey Canal or Canal Bridge Old Kent Road, oil on canvas, 49 x 60cm
Est: £700 - £1,000
Harold Frederick (Raokin) Weaver Hawkins (Australian, 1893-1977) No.1 Surrey Canal or Canal Bridge Old Kent Road oil on canvas monogrammed and dated '24
Gorringes
Feb. 08, 2023
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977), The Farm Shed 1945
Est: $400 - $600
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977) The Farm Shed 1945 watercolour and ink on paper signed and dated lower left: Raokin 45 35.5 x 55.5cm
Gibson's
Dec. 05, 2022
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins, (Britain, Europe, Australia, 1893-1977), "Nigel" (portrait of his son as a baby), Pencil on paper, 29 x 21 cm. (11.42 x 8.27 in.), Frame: 57.50 x 45 cm. (22.64 x 17.72 in.)
Est: -
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins (Britain, Europe, Australia,, 1893-1977) "Nigel" (portrait of his son as a baby) Pencil on paper signed lower left.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Dec. 05, 2022
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins, (Britain, Europe, Australia, 1893-1977), "Looking at T.V.", 1964, oil on board, 90.50 x 60 cm. (35.63 x 23.62 in.), Frame: 106 x 75.50 cm. (41.73 x 29.72 in.)
Est: -
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins (Britain, Europe, Australia,, 1893-1977) "Looking at T.V.", 1964 oil on board signed & dated lower right, title and artist's details verso.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Dec. 05, 2022
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins, (Britain, Europe, Australia, 1893-1977), "Gondolas", 1957, watercolour, 38 x 55.50 cm. (14.96 x 21.85 in.), Frame: 67 x 75 cm. (26.38 x 29.53 in.)
Est: -
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins (Britain, Europe, Australia,, 1893-1977) "Gondolas", 1957 watercolour signed & dated lower left. This work appears to be a preparatory work for the oil painting "Gondolas", 1958, Sold Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian & International Fine Art, Sydney, 04/05/2022, Lot No. 7
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Dec. 05, 2022
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins, (Britain, Europe, Australia, 1893-1977), "Barn Interior with Cart Wheels", 1945, watercolour, 35.50 x 54 cm. (13.98 x 21.26 in.), Frame: 54 x 73.50 cm. (21.26 x 28.94 in.)
Est: -
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins (Britain, Europe, Australia,, 1893-1977) "Barn Interior with Cart Wheels", 1945 watercolour signed & dated lower left.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Dec. 05, 2022
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins, (Britain, Europe, Australia, 1893-1977), "Abstract", 1960, oil on canvas on board, 52.50 x 35.50 cm. (20.67 x 13.98 in.), Frame: 62.50 x 45.50 cm. (24.61 x 17.91 in.)
Est: -
Harold Frederick (Weaver)(Raokin) Hawkins (Britain, Europe, Australia,, 1893-1977) "Abstract", 1960 oil on canvas on board signed & dated lower left, further signed & titled verso.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Oct. 16, 2022
WEAVER (RAOKIN) HAWKINS (1893-1977) "TIDDLYWINKS"
Est: $18,000 - $40,000
Important double sided framed oil painting on board,Verso "Lady in Pink Evening gown with Lute" Signed to front RAOKIN dated 1950 49cm x 60cm
Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers
Sep. 27, 2022
HAROLD FREDERICK (WEAVER) HAWKINS - MALTESE MARKET - Linocut
Est: $900 - $1,500
HAROLD FREDERICK (WEAVER) HAWKINS (1893-1977) MALTESE MARKET Signed and titled in margin Linocut 14 x 20cm $900/1,500
GFL Fine Art
Sep. 19, 2022
Harold Frederick Weaver (Raokin) Hawkins, Australia (1893-1977), Nude Reading 1941, Watercolour
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Harold Frederick Weaver (Raokin) Hawkins Australia, (1893-1977) Nude Reading 1941 Watercolour Signed & dated lower right
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 14, 2022
WEAVER HAWKINS, CONCRETE MIXERS, 1946
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) CONCRETE MIXERS, 1946 oil on composition board 60.0 x 77.5 cm signed and dated lower left: Raokin 46 PROVENANCE Private collection, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired in the 1970s EXHIBITED Eighth Annual Interstate Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Education Galleries, Sydney, 12 – 28 November 1946, cat. 68 ESSAY In Concrete mixers, 1946, Weaver Hawkins captures one moment in the building boom in Australia’s suburbs caused by the housing shortage that followed the end of World War Two. Hawkins and his family had arrived in Sydney in 1935 and settled soon after in the bushland suburb of Mona Vale, bracketed by Pittwater at its north-west and a long surf beach to its east. The section of Waterview Street that they lived in soon became known as ‘the mad half mile’ due to its concentration of artists, writers and actors, including Rah Fizelle, Arthur Murch (who lived next door between 1941 and 1943), and Peter Finch’s family around the corner. Hawkins’ family also soon became close friends with that of the artist couple Frank and Margel Hinder. It was the perfect environment for him as Hawkins had experienced a highly unusual upbringing in England with Victorian liberalists as parents. He wore his own hand-crafted leather sandals and never donned a tie, proclaiming ‘we are rationalists, socialists and nonconformists.’1 His wife Irene was also a freethinker and they had spent more than a decade prior to Australia travelling and living in several countries in Europe and the Pacific. Hawkins first studied and exhibited in the years leading up to World War One and was greatly inspired by the Vorticist movement’s use of angularity and compositional dynamics. During the war, however, Hawkins was horribly wounded leaving him with two withered arms; only the left hand was (just) capable of holding a brush. Nonetheless, he doggedly retrained to be able to sketch and paint again, an almost miraculous feat achieved over an eighteen-month period. He returned to exhibiting but, annoyed at the attraction his art now gained due to his injuries, he began signing his name ‘Raokin’, a play on an Italian mispronunciation of his name. Apart from Vorticism, he was also fascinated by alternate theories including dynamic symmetry, Platonic solids, and magic squares.2 The first works to successfully align these influences date from the mid-1920s when he was exhibiting in British groups shows which included Vorticism’s founder Wyndham Lewis. Hawkins’ paintings include a number of intimate studies of his domestic life as well as charged, sinuous landscapes, but he was also attracted to ‘subjects of strenuous work and play. [I]t was his tough mind which chiefly created order out of chaos in works which he hoped might help to make the world a better place.’3 In Concrete mixers, the physicality of the scene would have included noise, oaths, sweat and fumes; yet Hawkins’ skill at design – his ordering of the ‘chaos’ – results in an image that elegantly charts the progress of the workers, from first pour of the concrete, though to toiling up the hill with a wheelbarrow, and finally, the return for a well-earned breather. His colours, dominated by a radiant pink, enliven the experience. Hawkins exhibited Concrete mixers at the Contemporary Arts Society (CAS) in Sydney shortly after its completion. Titled Eighth Annual Interstate Exhibition, this was one of the first post-war gatherings of CAS artists from across the country, an extraordinary collective statement which included Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Jean Bellette, Margaret Olley, and many others. 1. Thomas, D., 'Hawkins, Harold Frederick (1893 – 1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hawkins-harold-frederick-10457/text18547, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 18 March 2022. 2. See ‘Thomas, D., ‘Weaver Hawkins’, Project 11: Weaver Hawkins, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 February – 14 March 1976 3. Thomas, D., 'Hawkins, Harold Frederick (1893 – 1977)', op. cit. ANDREW GAYNOR
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 13, 2022
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Abstract Hands and Spheres, 1963 watercolour on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'Raokin, '63'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 27, 2022
WEAVER HAWKINS, FIGURES IN A GARDEN, 1948
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) FIGURES IN A GARDEN, 1948 oil on canvas on board 49.0 x 59.5 cm signed and dated lower right: 48 / Raokin PROVENANCE Private collection Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 8 April 1990, lot 7 The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Morning, Noon and Light, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 13 July – 13 October 2019 on long term loan to Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, prior to 2006 on long term loan to Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria LITERATURE Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 15, 70 (illus.), 220
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 26, 2022
WEAVER (RAOKIN) HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) Balsam, 1967 watercolour 56 x 76 cm (frame: 83 x 99 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower right | Mac...
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
WEAVER (RAOKIN) HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) Balsam, 1967 watercolour 56 x 76 cm (frame: 83 x 99 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower right | Macquarie Galleries label verso
Lawsons
May. 24, 2022
HAROLD FREDERICK (WEAVER) HAWKINS - THE SLING - Monotype
Est: $1,500 - $2,400
HAROLD FREDERICK (WEAVER) HAWKINS (1893-1977) THE SLING Signed 'Raokin', titled and dated 48 in margin Monotype 27 x 35cm $1,500/2,400
GFL Fine Art
May. 04, 2022
WEAVER HAWKINS, GONDOLAS, 1958
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893 - 1977) GONDOLAS, 1958 oil on composition board 60.5 x 77.5 cm signed and dated lower right: Raokin 58 PROVENANCE Scheding Berry Fine Art, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 23 August 1986 EXHIBITED H.F. Weaver-Hawkins (Raokin) 1893 – 1977, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 5-24 April 1978, cat 37 LITERATURE H.F. Weaver-Hawkins (Raokin) 1893 – 1977, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1978, exhibition invitation, colour illustration inside cover McIntyre, A., ‘Weaver Hawkins – a tribute to a pioneer’, The Australian, Sydney, 15 April 1978 ESSAY Australia has produced a small number of artists whose technique is undeniably their own, including individuals such as Brett Whiteley and John Olsen. A further name is Weaver Hawkins whose bold colours and rhythmic pictorial compositions built on his early training in England at a time of great artistic revolt, fanned spectacularly by the Vorticists, whose Cubist-inspired ideas left a lasting legacy within Hawkins’ work. He was also drawn to ‘compositional theories as Dynamic Symmetry, Platonic Solids, Magic Squares and the Modular’;1 which resulted in him becoming ‘one of the finest and most original mid-century painters working in Sydney (painting and exhibiting) for forty years.’2 In Gondolas, 1958, Hawkins’ love of vorticist design turns the otherwise touristy motif of gondolas into a charged mandala of pattern within pattern which speaks directly to the lively movement of the gondoliers and their craft. Underscoring Hawkins’ meticulous work is the devastating knowledge of his physical disabilities. A soldier during World War One, he was severely maimed by shrapnel and shot several times before enduring a two-day crawl back to safety. More than twenty operations were then undertaken on his arms – both elbow joints were removed – leaving him with a withered right and a barely functional left. A natural right-hander, he trained himself to use his left, supported by the right, first by mastering drawing and then, unbelievably, etching with beautifully and sensitively drawn results. His poignant Self portrait, 1920 (Art Gallery of New South Wales) is an exquisite early example. He held his first solo exhibition in 1923, but due to press notices which emphasised his disability, he adopted the art-name 'Raokin' to divert attention. After some years living the expatriate life in Europe, Hawkins migrated to Australia with his young family in 1935, moving to Mona Vale, one of Sydney’s northern beach suburbs. Their precinct became known as the ‘mad half mile’ for its high concentration of artists, theatre directors and writers, including Rah Fizelle and Arthur Murch, who lived next door. He loved Mona Vale so much that his wife Rene had to force Hawkins to travel back overseas for an eleven-month journey through Europe over 1956 – 57 where he sketched the inspiration for Gondolas en route. Due to his arms, each painting was a slow process, supported by ‘a number of quick sketches… followed by a more detailed ink and wash sketch, then a full watercolour study... he also sometimes painted a small oil sketch before beginning the final work.’3 One such study of Gondolas was included in his posthumous 1978 exhibition at Macquarie Galleries and in a review of this exhibition, the painting (this lot) was singled out by one newspaper critic who was impressed by Hawkins’ ‘dominating concern for areas of flat bright colour with hard edged shapes (where) spiralling linear patterns carry the eye in, out and around the compositions.’4 The Art Gallery of New South Wales owns another work from the European journey, In Lisbon, 1958, which features a birds-eye view of a descending staircase. In a similar manner, Hawkins’ pronounced use of directional lines in Gondolas draws the eye ceaselessly through the interlocking patterns and design anchored at their centre by the pair of bold, red-striped poles. 1. Thomas, D., ‘Weaver Hawkins’, Project 11: Weaver Hawkins, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 February – 14 March 1976 2. Radford, R., ‘Foreword note’, Weaver Hawkins 1893-1977: Memorial retrospective exhibition 1977 – 1979, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1977 (n.p.) 3. Chanin, E. & Miller, S., The art and life of Weaver Hawkins, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1995, p. 59 4. McIntyre, A., ‘Weaver Hawkins – a tribute to a pioneer’, The Australian, Sydney, 15 – 16 April 1978 ANDREW GAYNOR
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