John (1923) Perceval Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John (1923) Perceval Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 02, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, (1923 - 2000), Botanical Scene, 1961, acrylic on paper, 43 x 68 cm (frame: 66 x 91 x 3 cm)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923 - 2000) Botanical Scene, 1961 acrylic on paper signed and dated lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne.
Lawsons
Sep. 02, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, Australia (1923 - 2000), Sunflowers, screenprint, ed. 15/250, 53.5 x 43 cm. (21.05 x 16.92 in.), frame: 78 x 65 x 2 cm. (30.71 x 25.58 x 0.79 in.)
Est: $250 - $350
JOHN PERCEVAL Australia, (1923 - 2000) Sunflowers screenprint, ed. 15/250 signed lower right titled lower centre
Lawsons
Aug. 30, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
"Hidden Angel" Oil on Paper 39x48cm Signed Lower Left, Dated 70 $1,200-1,500 Prov: Private Collection Adelaide
Elder Fine Art
Aug. 30, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
"Resting Angel" Oil on Paper 68x43cm Signed Lower Centre $1,800-2,500 Prov: Private Collection Adelaide
Elder Fine Art
Aug. 26, 2026
John Perceval, Sun setting over the marsh, 1972
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
John Perceval (1923 - 2000) Sun setting over the marsh, 1972 oil on canvas 91.0 x 116.5 cm signed and dated lower right: Perceval / '72 PROVENANCE South Yarra Galleries, Melbourne (partial label attached verso) Bruce Wenzel, Melbourne Thence by descent David Wenzel, Melbourne Gould Galleries, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2000 EXHIBITED Recent works by John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, opening 17 October 1972, cat. 7 Paintings by John Perceval, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 May – 9 June 1973, cat. 3 The Australian landscape, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 7 October – 7 November 1999 LITERATURE Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 171 ESSAY We are grateful to Robert Gould for his assistance with this catalogue entry. In the early 1970s, John Perceval owned two cars: an apple-green Porsche and a battered Volkswagen station wagon. Whilst ironically representing two sides of the artist’s personality and dynamic, they were also entirely practical when Perceval was seeking inspiration, driving the Porsche all over Victoria ‘investigating landscapes’ and ‘looking for poetry.’1 On his return to the family base in Canterbury, he would then load up the station wagon with ‘nearly a hundredweight’ of gear.2 To enable this, he had an assistant who also travelled to the painting locations as Perceval walked with a limp due to childhood polio and required help loading and unloading his painting equipment. The sites were often patches of humble scrub, usually overlooked, but for Perceval, they were rich in possibility and as a result, many of these sites remain unidentified as the resultant paintings did not always include a location within their title. One such sequence is the small group known as the ‘Red Marsh’ series, of which Sun setting over the marsh, 1972, is a key example. Perceval’s landscapes had been building in strength from the mid-1950s with the evocative paintings done at Gaffney’s Creek, first shown alongside those from the Williamstown foreshore. By the early 1960s, the scenes became tangled masses, close-up encounters with ti-tree and spiky saplings done in somewhat melancholic deep blues and black. By the end of the decade, however, he reached a new understanding of the landscape and how to paint its moods, and as artist-critic James Gleeson memorably observed, Perceval now made ‘no distinction between flesh and flower – they are all paint to him… (He) sees this fact as a cause for celebration.’3 Perceval was annoyed by other critics such as Robert Hughes who described his work as ‘roly poly’4, countering that ‘I do not hold any particular attitude to my work or to art in general. I chose early not to work from an aesthetic theory or concept but prefer the results to be governed by developments that occur while the work is in progress.’5 Technically, the initial layers in his paintings were worked tonally with background, middle ground and foreground spaces, after which the impasto brushstrokes were then applied. Whilst Perceval viewed the process as ‘exhausting… it’s like a ballet dancer’s first night, but every painting is a first night’6, the ever perceptive Gleeson also believed that through this effort the artist was able to effectively convey his love for ‘the warmth or crispness of the air and evokes its quality with the exactness of an Impressionist and the feeling of an Expressionist.’7 Sun setting over the marsh was exhibited in Melbourne and Sydney in shows that pulsated with colour and optimistic energy. Depicted over the course of five related ‘Red Marsh’ paintings, the anonymous location is revealed at various stages of the day, alive to the artistic challenges presented by an ever-changing light, a sun not of the Impressionists but ‘of the Symbolists, the sun as the source of light and energy, the symbol of all that is positive and affirmative in nature.’8 With rich passages of orange, yellow and red blazing above the greens and blues of the sheltered ground, Sun setting over the marsh further reveals the strength of Perceval’s artistic sensibility. 1. Sykes, J., ‘The artist who won fame at home’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1973, p. 7 2. ibid. 3. James Gleeson, ‘Flesh or flower: they’re all paint to Perceval’, The Sun-Herald, Sydney, 28 November 1971, p. 140 4. Hughes, R., The art of Australia, Penguin, Melbourne, 1966 (revised edition 1970), p. 235 5. John Perceval, cited in Reed, J., New Painting 1952 – 1962, Longmans, Melbourne, 1963, p. 24 6. Aldridge, R., ‘Picture of the artist in the wheatfield’, The Age, 18 November 1972, p. 14 7. Gleeson, J., Modern painters: 1931 – 1970, Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1971, p. 95 8. Gleeson, J., ‘Painter in the making’, Sun Herald, 10 June 1973 ANDREW GAYNOR © John de Burgh Perceval/Copyright Agency 2026
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 25, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Europa and the Bull 1958 earthenware signed and dated ‘1958 / Perceval’ on base 25.5 x 44 x 27 cm
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Europa and the Bull 1958 earthenware signed and dated ‘1958 / Perceval' on base 25.5 x 44 x 27 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 26 May 1978, lot 813, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 19 April 1993, lot 378, ‘Angel and Bull', illustrated Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 11,086), acquired from the above Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 21 April 1993 EXHIBITED Fine Paintings, Tapestries and Sculpture Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, April 1977, no. 59 LITERATURE Delinquent Angel: John Perceval's Ceramic Angels, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, 2014, p. 16
Smith & Singer
Aug. 25, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Garden House in the Sunflowers 1972 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘72 / Perceval’ lower left; inscribed ‘“Gard
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Garden House in the Sunflowers 1972 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘72 / Perceval' lower left; inscribed ‘"Garden House / in The Sunflowers"' verso 91.5 x 119.5 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne
Smith & Singer
Aug. 25, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Broken Wharf at Bermagui 1966 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘Perceval ‘66’ lower right 86.5 x 101.5 cm frame:
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Broken Wharf at Bermagui 1966 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘Perceval ‘66' lower right 86.5 x 101.5 cm frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above EXHIBITED John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 27 September 1966, no. 22 (label verso) John Perceval, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 20 February 1976, (no. 17), ‘1965' John Perceval: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April – 12 July 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August – 20 September 1992, no. 83, illustrated LITERATURE The Age, Melbourne, September 1966 Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 165 Barrett Reid, Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, pp. 30, 60-61 (illustrated)
Smith & Singer
Aug. 25, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Girl Stretching 1961 earthenware signed and dated ‘Perceval ‘61’ centre right 30 x 41 x 14 cm
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Girl Stretching 1961 earthenware signed and dated ‘Perceval ‘61' centre right 30 x 41 x 14 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Private Collection, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above EXHIBITED The Angels of John Perceval, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 17 April – 2 May 1962, no. 6
Smith & Singer
Aug. 25, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Self Portrait 1947 oil and tempera on composition board signed and dated ‘May 47 / Perceval’ lower left 40.5 x
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Self Portrait 1947 oil and tempera on composition board signed and dated ‘May 47 / Perceval' lower left 40.5 x 40.5 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above EXHIBITED John Perceval, Melbourne Book Club Gallery, 16 November 1948, no. 1 John Perceval: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 10 July – 26 August 1984, no. 32, illustrated John Perceval: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April – 12 July 1992; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August – 20 September 1992, no. 36, illustrated (label verso) LITERATURE Maudie Palmer, John Perceval: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, pp. 6 (illustrated), 22 Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, pp. x (illustrated), 150 Barrett Reid, Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 46 (illustrated) Traudi Allen, John Perceval: Art and Life (rev. ed.), Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2015, p. 67 (illustrated)
Smith & Singer
Aug. 19, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), In the Park 1990
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) In the Park 1990 crayon and pencil on paper signed with initials and dated lower right: JP / 90 26 x 36cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne © John Perceval / Copyright Agency, 2026
Gibson's
Aug. 19, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), The Labourer 1944
Est: $500 - $800
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) The Labourer 1944 pencil on paper signed and dated lower right: Perceval / June / 44 20 x 27.5cm PROVENANCE Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1988 Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, Major Fine Art Auction, 13 September 2006, Lot 317 Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED John Perceval: The Formative Years and the Present, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 10 October 1988, cat. no.78 NOTE Accompanied by the book Ken McGregor, Fifty Years of Perceval Drawings, Bay Books, Sydney, 1989, signed and dated on frontispiece: Perceval / 89 © John Perceval / Copyright Agency, 2026
Gibson's
Aug. 15, 2026
John De Burgh Perceval (1923-2000),
Est: $150 - $250
Sunflowers coloured lithograph ed.15/250 signed, titled and editioned in pencil to lower margin 53cm x 43cm
Aalders Auctions
Aug. 05, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, Australia (1923 - 2000), Swy-Game, 1971, photolithograph, ed.114/200, 70 x 90 cm. (27.55 x 35.42 in.), frame: 85 x 104 x 4 cm. (33.46 x 40.93 x 1.57 in.)
Est: $250 - $350
JOHN PERCEVAL Australia, (1923 - 2000) Swy-Game, 1971 photolithograph, ed.114/200 editioned, titled, signed and dated to margin
Lawsons
Jun. 30, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Figures in Hay Cart 1956 twelve glazed hand-painted ceramic tiles mounted on board 61 x 61cm
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Figures in Hay Cart 1956 twelve glazed hand-painted ceramic tiles mounted on board signed and dated lower centre: John Perceval/ 1956 61 x 61cm PROVENANCE: Ivanyi Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mrs Rae Rothfield, Melbourne, acquired from the above c.1968 Sotheby's, The Rae Rothfield Collection, Melbourne, 23 October 2019, lot 47 Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Jun. 30, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) The Owl and the Pussycat, Charlie Chaplin, and Other Stories 1951 twelve glazed hand-painted ceramic tiles...
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) The Owl and the Pussycat, Charlie Chaplin, and Other Stories 1951 twelve glazed hand-painted ceramic tiles mounted on board signed and dated lower right: John Perceval/ 1591[sic.] 46 x 61cm PROVENANCE: Christie's, Sydney, 1 October 1974, lot 496 Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 9 May 2007, lot 126 Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Jun. 18, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED 1941,
Est: $1,300 - $2,300
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED 1941, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, DOUBLE-SIDED, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER CENTRE ON EACH SIDE, 27 X 24CM (SHEET, REVEAL), FRAME SIZE: 52 X 46CM
Leonard Joel
Jun. 14, 2026
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl , h
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl , heavily textured earthy surface with patches of light blue and green glazes, fully signed on base, 50 x 19 cm, provenance estate Sandringham.
Amanda Addams Auctions
Jun. 14, 2026
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl , h
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl , heavily textured earthy surface with patches of light blue and green glazes, fully signed 1957 on base and interior, 51 x 19 cm, provenance estate Sandringham.
Amanda Addams Auctions
Jun. 14, 2026
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl with bird side handles, h
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
John Perceval (Australian 1923-2000) pottery bowl with bird side handles, heavily textured earthy surface with patches of light blue and green glazes, fully signed 1957 on base, 61 x 19 cm, provenance estate Sandringham.
Amanda Addams Auctions
Jun. 11, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED 1941,
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED 1941, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, DOUBLE-SIDED, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER CENTRE ON EACH SIDE, 27 X 24CM (SHEET, REVEAL), FRAME SIZE: 52 X 46CM
Leonard Joel
May. 19, 2026
JOHN DE BURGH PERCEVAL AO, Fishing From The Shoreline, 1994
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
JOHN DE BURGH PERCEVAL AO 1923 - 2000 Fishing From The Shoreline, 1994 oil on canvas 25 x 30 cm; 42 x 47 cm (framed) signed lower left and verso 'Perceval'; inscribed verso: 'Fishing from the Shoreline'; sticker 61 PROVENANCE Gould Galleries, New South Wales The Collection of Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, Sydney, New South Wales EXHIBITED John Perceval Paintings 1990 - 1995, 11 June - 19 July 1998, Gould Galleries, Woollahra, NSW, Cat No. 7 ILLUSTRATED Exhibition Catalogue - John Perceval Paintings 1990-1995, Gould Galleries Accompanied by the exhibition catalogue and price list from Gould Galleries John Perceval occupies a distinctive place in Australian art, a painter of restless energy and genuine originality whose work resists easy categorisation. Emerging from the Melbourne circle that included Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker in the 1940s, he brought to Australian figurative painting an almost visceral delight in paint itself and in colour pushed to its limits. He was awarded the Sulman Prize and was a trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, but his reputation rests less on institutional recognition than on the lasting vitality of the work itself. This painting captures a moment along the shoreline, where figure and landscape are held together through Perceval's expressive handling of paint, reflecting his fascination with Van Gogh's impressionism. The scene is not fixed or detailed in a descriptive sense, but instead shaped through gesture and colour, allowing the atmosphere of the coast to take precedence over exact depiction. The composition reflects an ongoing engagement with the Australian coastline, a subject that remained central to his later work. © JOHN PERCEVAL / Copyright Agency, 2026
Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art)
May. 17, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Children and the Marsh Moon 1988
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Children and the Marsh Moon 1988 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right: Perceval / 88 signed, titled and dated verso: CHILDREN AND / THE MARSH MOON / Perceval / '88 49.5 x 59.5cm PROVENANCE Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, Works from the Studio of John Perceval AO,19 March 2013, Lot 307 Private collection, Melbourne © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Gibson's
May. 07, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Mount Ainslie Airport 1966
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LOUIS KAHAN, MELBOURNE JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Mount Ainslie Airport 1966 oil on canvas 86.0 x 102.0 cm; 103.0 x 118.5 cm (framed) signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Perceval (ACT)/ (MT Ainslie Airport)/ '66 signed, dated and inscribed verso: "Mount Ainslie/ Airport '66"/ Perceval
Menzies
May. 07, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Old Yellow Tug Boat 1995
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Old Yellow Tug Boat 1995 oil on canvas 81.5 x 101.5 cm; 103.5 x 124.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: Perceval signed and inscribed verso: Old/ Yellow/ Tug Boat. Perceval
Menzies
May. 05, 2026
John Perceval (1923-2000) Pedestrian Crossing, 1954-55
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
John Perceval (1923-2000) Pedestrian Crossing, 1954-55 signed and dated lower right: '55 / Perceval' oil and tempera on cheesecloth on composition board 72.5 x 91.0cm (28 9/16 x 35 13/16in).
Bonhams
May. 05, 2026
John Perceval (1923-2000) Freda Marita, 1949
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
John Perceval (1923-2000) Freda Marita, 1949 signed lower left: 'Perceval' tempera and resin on composition board 39.5 x 28.5cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4in).
Bonhams
May. 05, 2026
John Perceval (1923-2000) Kathy in the Dressing Room, 1964
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
John Perceval (1923-2000) Kathy in the Dressing Room, 1964 signed and dated upper right: 'Perceval / '64' oil on canvas 89.5 x 101.5cm (35 1/4 x 39 15/16in).
Bonhams
May. 05, 2026
John Perceval (1923-2000) The Farm, 1972
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
John Perceval (1923-2000) The Farm, 1972 signed and dated lower left: '72 / Perceval' signed, dated and inscribed verso: ''The Farm' / (near Yan-Yean) / 1972 / Perceval' oil on canvas 94.0 x 120.0cm (37 x 47 1/4in).
Bonhams
Apr. 29, 2026
John Perceval, Sunflowers, 2000
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
John Perceval (1923 - 2000) Sunflowers, 2000 oil on canvas 101.5 x 81.0 cm signed lower right: Perceval signed, dated and inscribed verso: flowers / Perceval / 00 PROVENANCE Private collection Savill Galleries, Sydney Private collection, USA, acquired from the above ESSAY In the mid-1980s, John Perceval experienced a certain renaissance as a painter after an extended period of ill health. An exhibition in 1986 of drawings created during his convalescence generated much media attention and portrayed the ageing artist in the romantic stereotype of the troubled artist, ‘echoing myths of Van Gogh.’1 The subsequent paintings produced during Perceval’s twilight years were vibrant and high-keyed, their naive quality signalling a return to the artist’s earliest beginnings and the joie de vivre that had characterised his landscape paintings throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sunflowers, 2000 was painted during the last year of Perceval’s storied life, rendering its ebullient expression all the more poignant. One of many still life compositions of these sunny blooms that proliferated in the artist’s later paintings, Sunflowers is a resolved and emphatic counterpoint to (Van Gogh) Sunflowers, c.1935 (private collection), recorded in Traudi Allen’s catalogue raisonné as Perceval’s first painting in oils, completed at the tender age of 13. An almost perfect copy of Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, 1888 held in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Perceval’s early painting emulated the celebrated post impressionist’s distinct and textured brushstrokes in the honoured tradition of self-education, exhibiting a precocious understanding of the artist’s handling of materials, colour and technique. Painted some sixty years later, Sunflowers, 2000, likewise loosely refers to the famous still life composition, featuring the same bisection of the canvas with a yellow table against a blue background, a bulbous, two-toned ceramic vase and a floral arrangement of two kinds of sunflowers – single-petaled and pompom, fully double blooms. The disposition of flowers within the vase no longer exactly corresponds to Van Gogh’s painting, but is instead an exuberant recollection, painted with joyful abandon. Perceval’s high-keyed palette, applied with a brush loaded with unmixed colour or in calligraphic coils straight from the tube, creates a radiant composition, swirling with energy. The artist’s emulation of plein-air impressionist techniques throughout the 1960s gave him an understanding of spontaneous and immediate painting before the subject, applying his brushstrokes authoritatively, and without revision. Leading Robert Hughes to accuse Perceval’s art of being ‘roly-poly’, the vigorous and loose gestural quality of Perceval’s brushwork became his hallmark, particularly later in life.2 Here, far removed from Van Gogh’s crisp and static composition, Perceval’s idiosyncratic touch brings a life force, making the petals of the titular sunflowers tremble, as if fluttering away in a strong breeze. 1. Reid, B., Of Light and Dark: the art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 37 2. Hughes, R., ‘Irrational Imagery in Australian Painting’, Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, vol. 1, no. 3, 1963, p. 157 LUCIE REEVES-SMITH © John de Burgh Perceval/Copyright Agency 2026
Deutscher and Hackett
Apr. 28, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Drop No Matches 1988-1989 oil on canvas 76 x 122 cm
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Drop No Matches 1988-1989 oil on canvas signed and dated ‘Perceval ‘88' lower centre; signed, dated and inscribed ‘DROP NO MATCHES / Perceval / '88 & ‘89' verso 76 x 122 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Gould Galleries, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1989 EXHIBITED John Perceval: Williamstown and Other Images, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 24 October – 12 November 1989, no. 4, illustrated (label verso)
Smith & Singer
Apr. 28, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Winkie Holding a Baby 1965 oil on canvas on board 61 x 50.8 cm
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000 Winkie Holding a Baby 1965 oil on canvas on board signed and dated 'Perceval / '65' lower left 61 x 50.8 cm PROVENANCE John Perceval, Melbourne Clune Galleries, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 2 May 1966 Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 2002 EXHIBITED John Perceval, Clune Galleries, Sydney, 30 March – 30 April 1966, no. 9, ($900) LITERATURE Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 165
Smith & Singer
Apr. 16, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board 67 x 56cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right: Perceval 67 x 56cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Apr. 02, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board 67 x 56cm
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right: Perceval 67 x 56cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Sunflowers
Est: $200 - $400
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Sunflowers limited edition print signed, titled and editioned on margin: Perceval / Sun Flowers / 34/250 54.5 x 43cm PROVENANCE Eastbourne Fine Arts, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne © The estate of the artist/Copyright Agency 2026
Gibson's
Mar. 17, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Woman) felt tip pen on paper 67 x 41cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Woman) felt tip pen on paper signed lower center: Perceval 67 x 41cm PROVENANCE: (Possibly) Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 16 March 2005, lot 362 (as "Portrait of a Woman (Mary)") Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Mar. 17, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board 67 x 56cm
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) (Portrait of a Man) oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right: Perceval 67 x 56cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © John Perceval/Copyright Agency, 2026
Leonard Joel
Feb. 12, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED (PAINTING),
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JOHN PERCEVAL, UNTITLED (PAINTING), OIL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER CENTRE, 31 X 37CM, FRAME: 66 X 70CM
Leonard Joel
Feb. 11, 2026
John Perceval, Australia 1923-2000, "Moses and the windmill", watercolour and gouache, 55x74 cm
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
John Perceval Australia, 1923-2000 "Moses and the windmill" watercolour and gouache signed and dated 1988
For-Auction
Jan. 15, 2026
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) The Beautiful Seagulls at Port Melbourne c.1985 oil on canvas 60 x 76cm
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) The Beautiful Seagulls at Port Melbourne c.1985 oil on canvas signed lower right: Perceval 60 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 11 August 2011, lot 42 The Collection of Evan Mackley, Victoria Thence by descent Elder Fine Art, The Mackley Estate Collection, Adelaide, 17 September 2023, lot 37 Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Nov. 29, 2025
PERCEVAL John (1923-2000), '[Angel] Touching Toes,' 1961., Oil on Paper, 68x43cm
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
PERCEVAL, John (1923-2000) '[Angel] Touching Toes,' 1961. Signed and dated lower left. Oil on Paper 68x43cm PROVENANCE: Bruce Collection, Sydney
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 29, 2025
PERCEVAL John (1923-2000), 'Jonah's Journey Across the Sea,' 1967., Oil on Board (in 3 parts), 30x34cm; 15x13cm; 12x13cm
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
PERCEVAL, John (1923-2000) 'Jonah's Journey Across the Sea,' 1967. Signed and dated; titled verso. Oil on Board (in 3 parts) 30x34cm; 15x13cm; 12x13cm PROVENANCE: Bruce Collection, Sydney
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 19, 2025
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Gibraltar Falls 1966
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Gibraltar Falls 1966 oil on canvas 85.0 x 100.5 cm; 103.0 x 118.0 cm (framed) signed and dated lower left: Perceval/ '66
Menzies
Nov. 19, 2025
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Sunflowers (also known as van Gogh Sunflowers) c1935
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN PERCEVAL, MELBOURNE JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Sunflowers (also known as van Gogh Sunflowers) c1935 oil on linen 88.0 x 72.0 cm; 105.0 x 89.5 cm (framed) signed and dated lower right: '35/ Perceval inscribed lower centre: Vincent signed verso: Perceval
Menzies
Oct. 19, 2025
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Children and the Marsh Moon 1988
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Children and the Marsh Moon 1988 oil on canvas signed and dated lowwr right: Perceval / 88 signed, titled and dated verso: CHILDREN AND / THE MARSH MOON / Perceval / '88 49.5 x 59.5cm PROVENANCE Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, Works from the Studio of John Perceval AO,19 March 2013, Lot 307
Gibson's
Oct. 19, 2025
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Insect’s Attacking 1969
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Insect's Attacking 1969 oil on paper signed, dated and titled lower right: Perceval / '69 / "Insects Attacking" 54.5 x 75 cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne
Gibson's
Oct. 19, 2025
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000), Boy Angel with friend, 1961
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000) Boy Angel with friend, 1961 oil on paper signed and dated lower left: Perceval / 1961 42.5 x 68cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Melbourne (acquired 1961) EXHIBITED John Perceval, The Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 16 - 28 October 1961 LITERATURE Ken McGregor & Andrew Sayers, Fifty Years of Perceval drawings, Bay Books, Sydney, 1989, cat. no. 37, p. 56 (illustrated), p.251
Gibson's
Oct. 14, 2025
John Perceval, Charles Blackman at Mallacoota Inlet, 1955
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
John Perceval (1923 - 2000) Charles Blackman at Mallacoota Inlet, 1955 oil and tempera on composition board 60.0 x 60.0 cm 66.0 x 66.0 cm (frame) signed and dated lower right: 55 / Perceval signed and inscribed with title on label verso: Mallacoota / Inlet 1954c / Perceval PROVENANCE William Mora Galleries, Melbourne Company collection, Melbourne LITERATURE Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 156 © John de Burgh Perceval/Copyright Agency 2025 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett