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Painter, b. 1943 - d. 2002

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  • PARTOS Paul (1943-2002), 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965., Oil on Canvas, 132x122cm
    Jul. 26, 2026

    PARTOS Paul (1943-2002), 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965., Oil on Canvas, 132x122cm

    Est: $6,000 - $10,000

    PARTOS, Paul (1943-2002) 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965. Signed and dated lower left. Oil on Canvas 132x122cm PROVENANCE: (Possibly) Gallery A, Melbourne; Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 'Fine & Indigenous Art,' October 22nd 2024 (lot 70); Lawsons, 'Figurative Painting - a Melbourne Collection,' Melbourne, April 29th 2025 (lot 5041) EXHIBITIONS: (Possibly) Gallery A, Melbourne, 1965, the artist's first solo exhibition in Australia.

    Davidson Auctions
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994,
    Apr. 30, 2026

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994,

    Est: $140 - $240

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994, AQUATINT ETCHING ED. P/P, SIGNED, TITLED AND EDITIONED BELOW IMAGE, 45 X 35.5CM (IMAGE), 75 X 57CM (SHEET) UNFRAMED

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, Europe, Australia, United States (1943 - 2002), Untitled (Calendar), 1984, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, frame: 53 x 43 x 4 cm.
    Apr. 20, 2026

    PAUL PARTOS, Europe, Australia, United States (1943 - 2002), Untitled (Calendar), 1984, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, frame: 53 x 43 x 4 cm.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    PAUL PARTOS Europe, Australia, United States, (1943 - 2002) Untitled (Calendar), 1984 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated verso Deutscher and Hackett label verso

    Lawsons
  • PARTOS Paul (1943-2002), 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965., Oil on Canvas, 132x122cm
    Mar. 22, 2026

    PARTOS Paul (1943-2002), 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965., Oil on Canvas, 132x122cm

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    PARTOS, Paul (1943-2002) 'The Cigarette Man,' 1965. Signed and dated lower left. Oil on Canvas 132x122cm PROVENANCE: (Possibly) Gallery A, Melbourne; Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 'Fine & Indigenous Art,' October 22nd 2024 (lot 70); Lawsons, 'Figurative Painting - a Melbourne Collection,' Melbourne, April 29th 2025 (lot 5041) EXHIBITIONS: (Possibly) Gallery A, Melbourne, 1965, the artist's first solo exhibition in Australia.

    Davidson Auctions
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994,
    Mar. 19, 2026

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994,

    Est: $200 - $400

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1994, AQUATINT ETCHING ED. P/P, SIGNED, TITLED AND EDITIONED BELOW IMAGE, 45 X 35.5CM (IMAGE), 75 X 57CM (SHEET) UNFRAMED

    Leonard Joel
  • Paul Partos, Australian (1943-2002), Untitled, 1994, colour etching on paper, edition: P/P
    Feb. 26, 2026

    Paul Partos, Australian (1943-2002), Untitled, 1994, colour etching on paper, edition: P/P

    Est: $300 - $500

    Paul Partos Australian ((1943-2002)) Untitled, 1994 colour etching on paper, edition: P/P numbered, signed and dated below image 'P.P, Paul Partos 94'

    Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
  • Paul Partos, Untitled 23, 1996 – 97
    Sep. 23, 2025

    Paul Partos, Untitled 23, 1996 – 97

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    Paul Partos (1943 - 2002) Untitled 23, 1996 – 97 from the ’X, O’ series oil on canvas 178.0 x 145.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Untitled 23 1996 – 7 / (From the X, O Series) / Paul Partos PROVENANCE Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso) The Estate of Felicity St John Moore, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1997 EXHIBITED Paul Partos, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 8 September – 2 October 1997 © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency 2025 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Paul Partos, Australia 1943-2002, Calendar, gouache on paper, Image: 74.5 x 56 cm. (29.3 x 22.0 in.), Frame: 103 x 83.5 cm. (40.5 x 32.8 in.)
    Jul. 29, 2025

    Paul Partos, Australia 1943-2002, Calendar, gouache on paper, Image: 74.5 x 56 cm. (29.3 x 22.0 in.), Frame: 103 x 83.5 cm. (40.5 x 32.8 in.)

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Paul Partos Australia, 1943-2002 Calendar gouache on paper titled on auction label 'Calendar' on verso Deutscher Menzies Sale 11/09/06 lot no. 95

    Artvisory
  • Paul Partos, Australia 1943-2002, untitled, oil on canvas, Canvas: 177.5 x 152 cm. (69.8 x 59.8 in.), Frame: 179.5 x 154 cm. (70.6 x 60.6 in.)
    Jul. 29, 2025

    Paul Partos, Australia 1943-2002, untitled, oil on canvas, Canvas: 177.5 x 152 cm. (69.8 x 59.8 in.), Frame: 179.5 x 154 cm. (70.6 x 60.6 in.)

    Est: $15,000 - $25,000

    Paul Partos Australia, 1943-2002 untitled oil on canvas signed and dated, 'Paul Partos 86 untitled', on verso

    Artvisory
  • ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED,
    Jul. 24, 2025

    ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED,

    Est: $600 - $800

    ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED, OIL ON MASONITE, UNSIGNED, 46 X 25.5CM PROVENANCE: GIFT OF JAMES MOLLISON; PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Tattoo, 1983, gouache, 48.5 x 30.5 cm; frame: 65.5 x 46 cm
    Jul. 23, 2025

    PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Tattoo, 1983, gouache, 48.5 x 30.5 cm; frame: 65.5 x 46 cm

    Est: $500 - $700

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Tattoo, 1983 gouache signed "P. Partos" and dated "83" lower right

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS, (1943-2002), The Cigarette Man, 1965, oil on canvas, 131 x 121 (frame: 134 x 124) cm
    Apr. 29, 2025

    PAUL PARTOS, (1943-2002), The Cigarette Man, 1965, oil on canvas, 131 x 121 (frame: 134 x 124) cm

    Est: $13,000 - $15,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Cigarette Man, 1965 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS, Australian (1943 - 2002), Untitled 21 (XO Series), 1997, oil on linen, 178.5 x 145 x 4 cm. (70.2 x 57.0 x 1.5 in.)
    Apr. 17, 2025

    PAUL PARTOS, Australian (1943 - 2002), Untitled 21 (XO Series), 1997, oil on linen, 178.5 x 145 x 4 cm. (70.2 x 57.0 x 1.5 in.)

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    PAUL PARTOS Australian, (1943 - 2002) Untitled 21 (XO Series), 1997 oil on linen signed verso: Paul Partos titled and dated verso: Untitled 21 1997 (from the XO Series)

    Lawsons
  • Paul Partos, Australia (1943-2002), Tattoo 1983, Gouache on paper
    Apr. 07, 2025

    Paul Partos, Australia (1943-2002), Tattoo 1983, Gouache on paper

    Est: $300 - $500

    Paul Partos Australia (1943-2002) Tattoo 1983 Gouache on paper Signed & dated lower right Titled verso

    Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985,
    Jan. 23, 2025

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985,

    Est: $300 - $500

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, ETCHING ED. P/P, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 30 X 22.5CM (IMAGE), 36.5 X 38CM (SHEET), (UNFRAMED)

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, Australian 1943-2002, Untitled, 1987, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 x 3 cm. (19.8 x 18.1 x 1.1 in.)
    Dec. 19, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, Australian 1943-2002, Untitled, 1987, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 x 3 cm. (19.8 x 18.1 x 1.1 in.)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    † PAUL PARTOS Australian, 1943-2002 Untitled, 1987 oil on canvas signed and dated verso

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS, Australian 1943-2002, Untitled, 1985, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 x 3 cm. (19.8 x 18.1 x 1.1 in.)
    Dec. 19, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, Australian 1943-2002, Untitled, 1985, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 x 3 cm. (19.8 x 18.1 x 1.1 in.)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    † PAUL PARTOS Australian, 1943-2002 Untitled, 1985 oil on canvas signed and dated verso

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Calendar - 1985, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5 (frame: 42.5 x 37.5) cm
    Dec. 03, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Calendar - 1985, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5 (frame: 42.5 x 37.5) cm

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Calendar - 1985 oil on canvas signed and dated verso

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS (1942-2002), Untitled 21 (X,O series) 1997
    Nov. 20, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS (1942-2002), Untitled 21 (X,O series) 1997

    Est: $18,000 - $24,000

    PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MCDONALD'S AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY PAUL PARTOS (1942-2002) Untitled 21 (X,O series) 1997 oil on linen 168.5 x 145.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: Untitled 21 1997/ (From the X,O Series)/ Paul Partos

    Menzies
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002), Calendar Day 1984
    Oct. 27, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002), Calendar Day 1984

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Calendar Day 1984 oil on canvas signed, dated and titled verso: Paul Partos 84 / "calendar day" 198 x 213cm PROVENANCE Private Collection of the Late Garry Anderson Sotheby's, Melbourne, Fine Australian Paintings, 26 April 1992, Lot 459 Private Collection Sotheby's, Melbourne, Fine Australian and European Paintings, 28 April 1998, Lot 192 John Barnes, Melbourne, acquired from the above The Estate of John Barnes, Melbourne © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency, 2024

    Gibson's
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Cigarette Man 1965 oil on canvas 131 x 121cm
    Oct. 22, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Cigarette Man 1965 oil on canvas 131 x 121cm

    Est: $9,000 - $12,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Cigarette Man 1965 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: P. PARTOS 65 title inscribed verso 131 x 121cm PROVENANCE: Gallery A, Melbourne The Collection of Cherelle Hutchinson, Melbourne Thence by descent EXHIBITIONS: Paul Partos, Gallery A, Melbourne, 30 August - 15 September 1965, cat. no. 12 OTHER NOTES: © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency 2024

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Untitled, gouache and watercolour on card, 76 x 57.5 (frame:102 x 82.5) cm
    Oct. 01, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, (1943 - 2002), Untitled, gouache and watercolour on card, 76 x 57.5 (frame:102 x 82.5) cm

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Untitled gouache and watercolour on card signed lower centre/right

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990,
    Aug. 29, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990,

    Est: $200 - $400

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990, ETCHING P/P 1/2, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29.5 X 27.5CM (IMAGE), 75.5 X 56.5CM (SHEET, UNFRAMED)

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990,
    Aug. 15, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990,

    Est: $200 - $400

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990, ETCHING P/P 1/2, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29.5 X 27.5CM (IMAGE), 75.5 X 56.5CM (SHEET, UNFRAMED)

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990, ETCHING P/P 1/2, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29.5 X 27.5CM (IMAGE), 75.5 X 56.5CM (SHEET, UNFRAMED)
    Jul. 25, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990, ETCHING P/P 1/2, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29.5 X 27.5CM (IMAGE), 75.5 X 56.5CM (SHEET, UNFRAMED)

    Est: $200 - $400

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1990, ETCHING P/P 1/2, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29.5 X 27.5CM (IMAGE), 75.5 X 56.5CM (SHEET, UNFRAMED)

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, (UNTITLED) C.1981-82, ETCHING ED. 7/10, SIGNED TITLED EDITIONED BELOW IMAGE, 19.5 X 14.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 63 X 46CM
    Jun. 27, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, (UNTITLED) C.1981-82, ETCHING ED. 7/10, SIGNED TITLED EDITIONED BELOW IMAGE, 19.5 X 14.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 63 X 46CM

    Est: $300 - $500

    PAUL PARTOS, (UNTITLED) C.1981-82, ETCHING ED. 7/10, SIGNED TITLED EDITIONED BELOW IMAGE, 19.5 X 14.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 63 X 46CM

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED, 1999
    Feb. 13, 2024

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED, 1999

    Est: $18,000 - $24,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) UNTITLED, 1999 oil on canvas 214.0 x 198.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: Paul Partos / Untitled 1999 PROVENANCE Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above c.2000 Private collection, Sydney, gift from the above c.2000 © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency 2024 This work is located in our Sydney Gallery

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 5 1999 oil on canvas 71.5 x 66.5
    Dec. 04, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 5 1999 oil on canvas 71.5 x 66.5

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 5 1999 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated verso: Paul Partos / Untitled 5 1999 71.5 x 66.5 PROVENANCE: Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) Private collection, Sydney OTHER NOTES: © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency, 2023

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, TAURUS, 1994 – 95
    May. 23, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS, TAURUS, 1994 – 95

    Est: $18,000 - $26,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) TAURUS, 1994 – 95 oil on canvas 224.0 x 197.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Paul Partos / 1994 - 5 / TITLE TAURUS PROVENANCE Sherman Galleries, Sydney Ann Lewis, Sydney Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Paul Partos, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 29 June – 22 July 1995, cat. 3 (illus. in exhibition catalogue) © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Sydney Gallery This work in fair condition. In the central area, which features thick impasto oil paint, there are numerous areas of old surface cracks, which have resulted in areas / patches of loss and lifting paint. These areas are difficult discern and are only visually distracting on close inspection. The work would benefit from some conservation to stabilise these areas. There is no evidence of past restoration.

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10
    May. 04, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10

    Est: $300 - $500

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10 signed, dated and editioned below image 19 x 15cm; frame size: 63 x 46cm

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10
    May. 04, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10

    Est: $300 - $500

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10 signed, dated and editioned below image 19.5 x 15cm; frame size: 63 x 46cm

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10
    Apr. 20, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10

    Est: $400 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Beyond 1980 etching, ed. 3/10 signed, dated and editioned below image 19.5 x 15cm; frame size: 63 x 46cm

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10
    Apr. 20, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10

    Est: $400 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1981-82 etching, ed. 7/10 signed, dated and editioned below image 19 x 15cm; frame size: 63 x 46cm

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED. 5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM
    Jan. 25, 2023

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED. 5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Est: $260 - $360

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED. 5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM
    Dec. 15, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Est: $360 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHOGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Calendar Painting 1987 oil on canvas
    Oct. 25, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Calendar Painting 1987 oil on canvas

    Est: $8,000 - $10,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Calendar Painting 1987 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated verso: Paul Partos 1987 / Calendar painting Anima Gallery label attached verso 107 x 96cm PROVENANCE: The Artist's Studio Private collection, Melbourne

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHPGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM
    Sep. 15, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHPGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Est: $500 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS, UNTITLED 1985, COLOURED LITHPGRAPH ED.5/15, SIGNED AND DATED BELOW IMAGE, 76 X 56CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 97 X 75.5CM

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Abstract, 1996 watercolour, gouache and collage 64 x 62 cm (frame: 85 x 82 x 4 cm) signed and dated lower ...
    Aug. 18, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Abstract, 1996 watercolour, gouache and collage 64 x 62 cm (frame: 85 x 82 x 4 cm) signed and dated lower ...

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Abstract, 1996 watercolour, gouache and collage 64 x 62 cm (frame: 85 x 82 x 4 cm) signed and dated lower left, labelled verso

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1994 etching, ed. P/P
    Aug. 04, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1994 etching, ed. P/P

    Est: $400 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1994 etching, ed. P/P editioned, signed and dated below image 44.5 x 35.5cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS - UNTITLED - Oil on aluminium
    May. 24, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS - UNTITLED - Oil on aluminium

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) UNTITLED Signed and dated 79 lower right Oil on aluminium 90 x 70cm $5,000/8,000

    GFL Fine Art
  • Paul Partos (1943-2002)
    Mar. 30, 2022

    Paul Partos (1943-2002)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Untitled, 1985 lithograph on paper, edition: 5/15, numbered, signed and dated below image '5/15, Paul Partos, 1985'

    Shapiro Auctioneers
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Flow 1992 oil on linen
    Feb. 23, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Flow 1992 oil on linen

    Est: $12,000 - $18,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) The Flow 1992 oil on linen signed, titled and dated verso: Paul Partos 1992/ THE FLOW 224 x 197.5cm PROVENANCE: The Artist, 1993 The National Australia Bank Art Collection

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS, PAINTING, 1978
    Feb. 22, 2022

    PAUL PARTOS, PAINTING, 1978

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) PAINTING, 1978 oil, string and pins on canvas 137.0 x 111.5 cm signed and dated verso: P Partos 78 PROVENANCE Probably: Pinacotheca, Melbourne Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in August 1979 (label attached verso) EXHIBITED Eureka! : artists from Australia, Serpentine Gallery, London, 13 March – 25 April 1982, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 24 March – 25 April 1982 (label attached verso, illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 31) The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 October – 28 November 1982 Collection of Modern Art in the Seventies, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria, 9 May - 2 June 1985 The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 30 April - 29 May 1988 'The Seventies' Exhibition: Selected Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection 'Modern Art of the Seventies', Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, 18 January - 11 February 1990, cat. 17 LITERATURE Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 70, p. 83 (illus.) 'Insight into Recent Art', The Express, Victoria, 2 May 1985, p. 12 ESSAY There have been many times over almost 200 years when the death or end of painting has been declared. Paul Delaroche claimed ‘From today, painting is dead’ when he saw the first daguerreotype around 1840.1 Marcel Duchamp rejected painting and in 1917, his porcelain readymade, a urinal titled Fountain and signed R. Mutt, defined his future. The great American Minimalist, Donald Judd, thought painting was finished, something he and the proponents of Conceptualism had in common. None of this was lost on Paul Partos. Painting, 1978 is from a crucial time for the artist – his interest in Conceptualism and new international currents had been experienced firsthand from the mid-sixties.2 It wasn’t an impulse reaction in the wake of the much-vaunted international exhibitions travelling to Australia.3   Partos arrived in Australia from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, as a six-year-old. In 1959 he enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – other students included Lesley Dumbrell, Gareth Sansom, Robert Jacks and George Baldessin. His expressive figuration revealed an emerging painter of prodigious talent. Melbourne’s Gallery A held a sell-out exhibition in 1965 and Gallery A in Sydney held a solo exhibition later in the year. His expressionist inclinations soon cooled and in 1968 he made Vesta II which was included in The Field exhibition.4 It is a rectangular sprayed painting and within it is a smaller empty rectangle where the wall on which it hangs is visible. The idea of the work framing itself was already in play. Black Screen, 1968 – 69 is a vertical rectangular sculpture where nylon mesh is stretched over a wooden frame which literally frames a delicately poised translucent folded form.5   In Painting, 1978, painting becomes a visualised process and system – one able to inquire into and be about itself. It is a timely inquiry about the nature and physical presence of painting at a time of considerable theoretical posturing about art and its future, both in Australia and abroad. Partos was a gifted painter and he never dismissed painting’s sensory and emotional potential – we are certain of this from his formative figurative work and what followed Painting.   But here Partos develops a visual and conceptual proposition which is delineated and ordered – where the act of looking and thinking is never superseded by the expressive capacity of paint itself and any subject it might depict. Nothing exists beyond the painting itself. It becomes a masterly combination of the artist’s natural painterly impulses and his strong intellectual inquisitiveness.   1. Paul Delaroche (1797 – 1856), celebrated French painter of historical subjects. 2. Between 1965 – 66 Partos was in Europe and London. He was living in New York City in 1970 – 72.  3. Charles Green, ‘Notes on the Centre: Two Decades of American Painting in Australia, 1967’, Tate Papers, no.32, Autumn 2019. 4. The Field, National Gallery of Victoria, 1968, a landmark exhibition of Colourfield abstraction to mark the opening of the NGV at its new StKilda Road premises. Vesta II, 1968, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, collection of the Art Gallery New South Wales 5.  Black Screen, 1968 – 69, synthetic polymer paint on nylon mesh on wooden framework, collection of Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria Corio 5 Star Whiskey Prize, 1969   DOUG HALL AM © Paul Partos/Copyright Agency 2022

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980 - 2001 drypoint etching
    Dec. 16, 2021

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980 - 2001 drypoint etching

    Est: $400 - $600

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980 - 2001 drypoint etching editioned, signed and dated in pencil below image 19.5 x 14.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne

    Leonard Joel
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) - Untitled 76 x 57.5 cm (frame: 102 x 83 x 3 cm)
    Nov. 25, 2021

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) - Untitled 76 x 57.5 cm (frame: 102 x 83 x 3 cm)

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    PAUL PARTOS (1943 - 2002) Untitled gouache and watercolour on paper 76 x 57.5 cm (frame: 102 x 83 x 3 cm) signed lower right

    Lawsons
  • PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980
    Oct. 24, 2021

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    PAUL PARTOS (1943-2002) Untitled 1980 mixed media on paper signed and dated lower right: P Partos 80 76 x 56.5 cm

    Gibson's
  • Paul Partos (1943-2002)
    Nov. 23, 2020

    Paul Partos (1943-2002)

    Est: $12,000 - $18,000

    Oval Painting, 1985 oil on canvas, signed and dated verso 'Paul Partos, '85'

    Shapiro Auctioneers
  • PAUL PARTOS (AUSTRALIAN, 1943-2002) UNTITLED NO. 9, 1996 Oil on canvas: 70 1/8 x 57 in.
    Nov. 18, 2020

    PAUL PARTOS (AUSTRALIAN, 1943-2002) UNTITLED NO. 9, 1996 Oil on canvas: 70 1/8 x 57 in.

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    PAUL PARTOS (AUSTRALIAN, 1943-2002) UNTITLED NO. 9, 1996 Oil on canvas: 70 1/8 x 57 in. Framed; verso: signed, dated and titled: Paul Partos/ Untitled no. 9 1996

    Potomack Company
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