Richard Larter Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Richard Larter Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 09, 2025
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Fiat Famis 1964
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Fiat Famis 1964 synthetic polymer paint and enamel on board 91.0 x 121.0 cm; 94.0 x 124.0 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower right: RL 64. signed and inscribed verso: "FiAT FAMiS" price £100./ R Larter./ Lot 2, Bringelly Rd.,/ Luddenham. NSW.
Menzies
Apr. 07, 2025
Richard Larter, Australia (1929-2014), Frank Watters 75th Birthday Bash 2004, Photolithograph ed. 4/8 Series C
Est: $200 - $400
Richard Larter Australia (1929-2014) Frank Watters 75th Birthday Bash 2004 Photolithograph ed. 4/8 Series C Signed, inscribed, titled & dated lower margin
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Nov. 20, 2024
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), La Vie 1999
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) La Vie 1999 synthetic polymer paint, gesso and enamel on canvas 86.5 x 89.0 cm; 89.5 x 90.5 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower right: R.L./ 5 Apr 99 signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "LA VIE"/ 5th APR 1999/ Richard Larter/ YASS/ Chroma Acrylic Paint & gesso/ Jo Sonja Paint/ Tulip Paint - Vynal [sic] Paint/ & Enamel Paint
Menzies
Jun. 20, 2024
RICHARD LARTER, (1929 - 2014), Julie N.158. 2002, gesso and atelier paint on canvas, 45.5 x 45.5 cm. (17.9 x 17.9 in.), frame: 48 x 48 x 5 cm. (18.9 x 18.9 x 1.9 in.)
Est: $500 - $700
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) Julie N.158. 2002 gesso and atelier paint on canvas intilliaded, dated and titled lower right, titled verso
Lawsons
May. 21, 2024
Richard Larter, (1929-2014), Nude Pat Reclining, Red Wall, 1965, PVA on hardboard, 53 x 83 cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Richard Larter (1929-2014) Nude Pat Reclining, Red Wall, 1965 PVA on hardboard signed and dated l.r.c. 'RL 13.12.65'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Apr. 21, 2024
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Night Action 1991
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
acrylic and metallic paint on canvas signed with initials and dated lower right: R L 28.7.91 signed, dated and titled verso: RICHARD LARTER / 28July 1991 / "NIGHT ACTION" 182.5 x 120cm PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney The Jan Courtin & Marshall Harris Collection © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency, 2024
Gibson's
Apr. 18, 2024
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Wall Review 1972
Est: $120,000 - $160,000
PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR CLIVE EVATT, SYDNEY RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Wall Review 1972 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 180.0 x 1,451.5 cm signed and dated lower left: Richard LARTER./ JUNE - AUGUST 1972.
Menzies
Mar. 27, 2024
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Oyster Bed 1995
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ANZ ART COLLECTION RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Oyster Bed 1995 synthetic polymer paint, gel and gesso on canvas 182.0 x 152.5 cm; 185.0 x 155.5 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower right: R.L./ JULY/ 95. signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "OYSTER BED"/ 29th + 30th JULY 1995/ Richard Larter/ YASS/ Chroma Acrylic Paint - Gel & Gesso./ Jo Sonja iridescents & metallic/ paints.
Menzies
Nov. 29, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Up and Over #6 1989
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Up and Over #6 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 177.0 x 120.0 cm; 179.0 x 122.0 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower left: R.L./ 2.3.89. signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD/ LARTER/ "UP AND OVER #6"/ 2nd March 1989/ Richard Larter/ YASS./ Chromacryl Paint.
Menzies
Nov. 29, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Up and Over #5 1989
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Up and Over #5 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 177.0 x 120.5 cm; 179.0 x 122.0 cm (framed) signed with initials and dated lower left: R.L./ 28.2.89. signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "UP AND OVER #5"/ 28th February 1989/ Richard Larter/ YASS. Chromacryl Paint.
Menzies
Nov. 19, 2023
Richard Larter, Australian 1929-2014, Desert, acrylic on canvas, 88cm high by 106cm wide
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Richard Larter Australian, 1929-2014 Desert acrylic on canvas signed titled and dated 98 to verso
Artvisory
Oct. 24, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Gina in Front of Mirror 1993 synthetic polymer paint, gesso and glitter on canvas 114 x 87cm
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Gina in Front of Mirror 1993 synthetic polymer paint, gesso and glitter on canvas initialled, dated and inscribed lower right: R.L./ MARCH 93/ GINA. 114 x 87cm PROVENANCE: Watters Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Victor Mace Gallery, Queensland 2003 Private collection, Queensland OTHER NOTES: © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Oct. 19, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) - M.M.T Sarah #2, 1998 mixed media on canvas 173.5 x 94.5 cm (frame: 175 x 97 x 5 cm)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) M.M.T Sarah #2, 1998 mixed media on canvas 173.5 x 94.5 cm (frame: 175 x 97 x 5 cm) signed, dated and titled verso; Watters Gallery label verso
Lawsons
Jul. 06, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Seeing U Construct 1970 mixed media including PVA, epoxy resin, timber and canvas on board 122 x 183cm
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Seeing U Construct 1970 mixed media including PVA, epoxy resin, timber and canvas on board signed and dated lower right: Richard Larter 1970 title inscribed on unknown label verso 122 x 183cm PROVENANCE: Watters Gallery, Sydney James Baker, Brisbane, 2007 Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Abstraction 6, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 25 October - 17 November 2007, cat. no. 31 (label verso) OTHER NOTES: © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Jun. 27, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Seeing U Construct 1970 mixed media including PVA, epoxy resin, timber and canvas on board 122 x 183cm
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Seeing U Construct 1970 mixed media including PVA, epoxy resin, timber and canvas on board signed and dated lower right: Richard Larter 1970 title inscribed on unknown label verso 122 x 183cm PROVENANCE: Watters Gallery, Sydney James Baker, Brisbane, 2007 Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Abstraction 6, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 25 October - 17 November 2007, cat. no. 31 (label verso) OTHER NOTES: © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
May. 21, 2023
Richard Larter (England/Australia 1929-2014) "Girl" pastel on paper, signe
Est: $800 - $1,200
Richard Larter (England/Australia 1929-2014) "Girl" pastel on paper, signed and dated 25.3.74 and initials, provenance Deutscher-Menzies 29/11/2000, lot 194, private collection Port Melbourne. Richard Larter (19 May 1929 – 25 July 2014) was an Australian painter, often identified as one of Australia's few highly recognisable pop artists. Larter also frequently painted in a Pointillist style. He took advantage of unusual techniques with painting: using a syringe filled with paint to create his early works, and juxtaposing multiple images on to a canvas. Many of his works are brightly coloured and draw on popular culture for source materials, reproducing news photographs, film stills, and images from pornography. He was married to Pat Larter, an artist who was involved in the Mail art movement, then performance art and finally painting in a brightly coloured style similar to Richard's. The Larters emigrated to Australia in 1962. Richard Larter's pop art was less ironic than his American and English counterparts. In this Larter is similar to other noted Australian pop artists, such as, Mike Brown and Martin Sharp.[1] Exhibitions Larter was exhibited consistently from 1965 on across Australia, including as the subject of over 60 solo shows, most often at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, and Watters Gallery, Sydney, and over 100 group shows spanning almost 50 years. Notable exhibitions include his 2002 show Stripperama: Richard Larter at the Heide Museum of Modern Art[2] and the show Andy and Oz: parallel visions organised by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), and exhibited at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, US, in 2007.[3] Larter was honoured with a retrospective of his work at the NGA in 2008, the exhibition revealing him continuing to be a leading Australian contemporary artist.[3] Collections Larter is represented in the collections of major galleries, such as the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, as well as numerous state, regional, university and private collections throughout Australia.[4]
Amanda Addams Auctions
May. 18, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) Nine Views of Pat, 1986 colour screenprint, ed. 34/34 (unframed) 61 x 55 cm (sheet: 77 x 57 cm) signed ...
Est: $500 - $700
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) Nine Views of Pat, 1986 colour screenprint, ed. 34/34 (unframed) 61 x 55 cm (sheet: 77 x 57 cm) signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
May. 03, 2023
RICHARD LARTER, THAT SPECIAL DISPOSITION, 1973
Est: $18,000 - $24,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) THAT SPECIAL DISPOSITION, 1973 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 180.5 x 114.5 cm signed and dated lower left: R./ LARTER. / JUNE. 1973. PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE Bonython, K., Modern Australian Painting 1950 – 1975, Rigby Publishers Ltd, Sydney, 1980, p. 149 (illus.) © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2023
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 29, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Houses of Joy (Melbourne) 1991
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Houses of Joy (Melbourne) 1991 synthetic polymer paint and gesso on canvas 180.0 x 115.5 cm signed with initials and dated lower right: R.L./ 3.6.91 signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "Houses of Joy" (Melbourne)/ 3rd June 1991/ Richard Larter/ Yass/ Chromacryl Paint & Gesso
Menzies
Mar. 29, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Two Figs and a Face 1967
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Two Figs and a Face 1967 enamel on board 122.0 x 182.0 cm signed and dated lower right: R. LARTER/ 1967
Menzies
Mar. 16, 2023
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) Pat Larter, 1981 oil on board 91.5 x 45 cm (frame: 94 x 48 x 3 cm) initialled and dated lower right | S...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) Pat Larter, 1981 oil on board 91.5 x 45 cm (frame: 94 x 48 x 3 cm) initialled and dated lower right | Savill Galleries label verso
Lawsons
Dec. 13, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, TIME, PURPOSE AND FORMALISM NOS 1, 2 AND 3: THE BATTLE FOR THE PAGODAS, 1966
Est: $16,000 - $20,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) TIME, PURPOSE AND FORMALISM NOS 1, 2 AND 3: THE BATTLE FOR THE PAGODAS, 1966 triptych enamel on composition board 121.0 x 61.0 cm (each) 121.0 x 183.0 cm (overall) 125.0 x 186.0 cm (frame) each signed with intitals and dated: RL 66 inscribed with title verso: Time Purpose + Formalism / NOS 1, 2 + 3 triptyich / ‘The Battle for the Pagodas’ PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1984 RELATED WORK Time, Purpose And Formalism No. 4: ‘The Battle For The Pagodas’, 1966, enamel on composition board, 137.0 x 91.7 cm, in the collection of Queensland Art Gallery|Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2021 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 13, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, THE TINKLING EYE OF K. MARX NO. 2, 1966
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) THE TINKLING EYE OF K. MARX NO. 2, 1966 enamel on composition board 117.0 x 60.5 cm 121.0 x 64.5 cm (frame) signed with initials and dated lower left: R L / Jan 1966 signed and inscribed with title verso: Richard Larter / "The Tinkling / Eye of K. Marx / No. 2" PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1985 RELATED WORK The Tinkling Eye Of Karl Marx No. 1, 1964, alkyd paint on composition board, 92.0 x 123.0 cm, private collection, Brisbane, in Hart, D., Richard Larter, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2008, pp. 34 – 35 © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2021, This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 13, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, CENTRE LIGHT SET (MARILYN MONROE), 1970
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) CENTRE LIGHT SET (MARILYN MONROE), 1970 enamel and pencil on composition board 76.5 x 69.0 cm 78.5 x 71.0 cm (frame) signed and dated centre right: R. LARTER. JUNE. 1970. inscribed with title verso: Centre / Light / set PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1989 EXHIBITED Richard Larter: a retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 20 June – 14 September 2008 LITERATURE Hart, D., Richard Larter, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2008, pp. 54, 57 (illus.), 169 © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2021 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, L.C.H (LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE) NO. 3, 1963
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) L.C.H (LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE) NO. 3, 1963 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 91.5 x 122.0 cm signed with initials and dated lower left: RL 63 signed and inscribed with title verso: R.A.S. $400.00 / The Human Image / Title "L.C.H. No. 3" / R. Larter, Lot 2 Bringelly / Rd., / L V D DENHAM / N.S.W PROVENANCE Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney The Laverty collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 1991 EXHIBITED Richard Larter – Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 9 – 26 July 1969, cat. 6 Good Grief! Richard Larter in Canberra Ever!, Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, 28 May – 15 June 1975, cat. 1 Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne, 6 March – April 1984 An Exhibition At Two Venues To Celebrate Richard Larter’s Seventieth Birthday, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 22 May 1999, cat. 7 LITERATURE Catalano, G., ‘The earlier paintings of Richard Larter’, Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, vol. 11, no. 1, July – September 1973, p. 70 (illus.)
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 23, 2022
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Into Silence 1996
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Into Silence 1996 synthetic polymer paint and gesso on canvas 183.0 x 107.0 cm signed with initials and dated lower right: R. L./ NOV 96 signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "INTO SILENCE"/ finished 4th NOV. 1996/ Richard Larter/ Yass/ chroma acrylic paint & gesso.
Menzies
Nov. 23, 2022
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014), Into the Dusk 1996
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Into the Dusk 1996 synthetic polymer paint and gesso on canvas 185.0 x 103.0 cm signed with initials and dated lower right: R. L./ OCT 96 signed, dated and inscribed verso: RICHARD LARTER/ "INTO THE DUSK"/ finished 30th OCT. 1996/ Richard Larter/ Yass/ chroma acrylic paint & gesso.
Menzies
Nov. 22, 2022
Susan Norrie (b. 1953)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Tomorrow's Beginning, 2011 oil on canvas, signed , dated and titled verso ‘Susan Norrie, 2011-2022, Tomorrow’s Beginnings’
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2022
Richard Charles Larter (1929-2014),
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
50's Window, 1998 acrylic on canvas signed and dated lower right, titled verso 88cm x 107cm
Aalders Auctions
Oct. 04, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, LILLY (LISBOA DIE PISTOLA), 1967
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) LILLY (LISBOA DIE PISTOLA), 1967 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 136.0 x 243.0 cm 140.0 x 247.0 cm (frame) signed and dated and inscribed lower centre left: Richard / Larter / "Lily" / to all you / LLs I love / you all / Dec 1967 inscribed with title lower right: LISBOA / DIL / PISTOLA / YOU / MAD / FOU / DICK-DICK / DE-DEMM. PROVENANCE Niagara Galleries, Melbourne The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 1990 EXHIBITED Stripperama - Richard Larter, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 18 May - 28 July 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, 16 August - 6 October 2002, cat. 15 (label attached verso) LITERATURE Gellatly, K., Stripperama – Richard Larter, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic., 2002, pp 11, 12-13 (illus. double page), 42 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2021
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 13, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $400 - $600
Drawing of Pat, 1971 ink on paper, signed and dated l.m. 'R Larter, 24.4.1971'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 23, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014) The Great Lie, 1968
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Richard Larter (1929-2014) The Great Lie, 1968 signed and dated lower centre: 'R LARTER SEPT. '68' synthetic polymer paint and PVA on composition board 122.0 x 61.0cm (48 1/16 x 24in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 27, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, WELL ALRIGHT, SO NOW, 1970
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) WELL ALRIGHT, SO NOW, 1970 synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on composition board 121.0 x 90.5 cm signed and dated lower right: R. LARTER OCTOBER 1970 inscribed with title verso: Well all right [sic.]/ So Now PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney Bernard Smith, Melbourne, acquired from the above Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 7 May 1990, lot 207 The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Richard Larter & Garry Shead, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 3 – 20 November 1971, cat. 5 Colour and Movement, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 February – 9 June 2016 on long term loan to Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, prior to 2006 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, pp. 16, 113 (illus.), 223 © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2022
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 30, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $500 - $700
A Year in Revolt, 1968 collage on board, handcoloured, signed and dated l.l.c. Richard Larter 1968
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 23, 2022
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Scatter Shift 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Scatter Shift 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvas initialled and dated lower right: R.L 12.80 artist's name, title and date inscribed on stretcher bar verso 184 x 160cm PROVENANCE: Watters Gallery, Sydney Christie's, Melbourne, 3 May 2004, lot 262 The National Australia Bank Art Collection (label verso)
Leonard Joel
Feb. 22, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, RIVER, 1991
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) RIVER, 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 179.5 x 120.0 cm signed with initials and dated lower right: R. L / 23.2.91 signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: RICHARD LARTER / “RIVER” / 23rd February 1991. / YASS / … / Richard Larter PROVENANCE Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso) The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in October 1991 (label attached verso) EXHIBITED National Australia Bank Collection: Rivers in Australian Art, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, October 1991 LITERATURE National Australia Bank Collection: Rivers in Australian Art, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1991, p. 19 © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2022
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 22, 2022
RICHARD LARTER, SHIFT, 1978
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929 - 2014) SHIFT, 1978 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 185.5 x 142.0 cm signed and dated lower right: R. LARTER / 3. 10. 1978. signed, dated and inscribed with title on stretcher bar verso: RICHARD LARTER “SHIFT” 1978 PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in April 1979 (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 LITERATURE Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 56, p. 69 (illus.) ESSAY ‘From the late 1950s, Richard Larter produced a series of provocative Pop images based on the nude in aggressively erotic poses. He used a technique of drawing with a hypodermic needle filled with paint, however this linear style changed in the mid 1960s to a commercial art Popo style with simple areas of flat colour and clear crisp outlines and increasing emphasis on patternmaking between the figurative images. In the late 1970s Richard Larter began to concentrate on purely abstract works, of which Shift is a good example. The horizontal brush and “squeegeed” bands of paint are analogous to a musical score that can be read from left to right, with the “shift” of emphasis moving vertically in the construction of the work.’ 1 1. Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian paintings and tapestries from the collection of National Australia Bank, National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, p. 69 © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency 2022
Deutscher and Hackett
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $300 - $500
Drawing, 1965 mixed media on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'R.L., '65'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $300 - $500
Experiments with Exhibitions, 1975 mixed media on paper, inscribed, signed and dated l.r.c. 'For Frank Watters, Dick Larter, 26/11/75'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $500 - $700
Frank #4, 2004 acrylic, gesso on canvas, titled, signed and dated verso l.r.c. 'Frank #4, R. Larter, Nov. '04', inscribed verso 'Richard Larter, Frank #4, Nov. 2004...'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $500 - $700
Julie #167, 2003 acrylic, gesso on canvas, titled, dated and signed l.r.c. 'Julie #167, 1/2.4.2003, R. Larter' signed, titled and dated verso 'Richard Larter, Julie #167, 2003'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Untitled, (Fraser), 1979 mixed media on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RL, '79'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Alger, 1981 acrylic on canvas, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RL, 9.1981', titled verso 'Alger'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2022
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Welcome Home Frank Watters, 1974 acrylic on canvas, signed and dated l.r.c. 'Richard Larter, '74', titled u.m. 'Welcome Home Frank Watters'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 24, 2021
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Standing Nude 1964
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Standing Nude 1964 synthetic polymer paint on board signed with initials, dated and titled lower left: R L 64 Standing Nude 90 x 60cm PROVENANCE Watters Gallery, Sydney
Gibson's
Oct. 03, 2021
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Portrait 1966
Est: $800 - $1,200
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) Portrait 1966 oil on canvas signed with initials and dated lower right: RL 66 signed and dated verso: R LARTER 66 54 x 49cm
Gibson's
Sep. 28, 2021
Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Heisenberg's Uncertainty, 1997 acrylic on canvas, signed and dated l.r.c. ÔR.L. Feb Õ97Õ, signed verso ÔRichard Larter, HeisenbergÕs Uncertainty, Finished 21.2.1997, Richard Larter, For Frank Watters, An Addendum to the Big Bang Ð Is one you can actually hang and live with, Love DickÕ
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 31, 2021
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) King Kay Foresakes 1979 oil on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
RICHARD LARTER (1929-2014) King Kay Foresakes 1979 oil on canvas signed and dated lower centre: Richard LARTER 1979 titled verso 184 x 118cm PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 22 April 1996, lot 267 Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel