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This set of ‘Knives and Forks’ could be yours for $400,000

This set of ‘Knives and Forks’ could be yours for $400,000

A still-life by Australian painter John Brack is a highlight of Deutscher and Hackett’s May 4 art auction, along with pieces by Martin Sharp and New Zealander Rita Angus.

Gabriella CoslovichSaleroom writer
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A major John Brack painting from the collection of the late philanthropists Sir James and Lady (Sheila) Cruthers is the headline work in Deutscher and Hackett’s May auction, which goes on view in Sydney on Thursday. The still-life painting, Knives and Forks, 1958, has an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000, and is a precursor of the marching pencils and card paintings that Brack would create in the 1970s and ’80s.

John Brack, ‘Knives and Forks’, 1958, estimated at $400,000 to $600,000. Courtesy Deutscher and Hackett

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Gabriella Coslovich
Gabriella CoslovichSaleroom writerGabriella Coslovich is an arts journalist with more than 20 years’ experience, including 15 at The Age, where she was a senior arts writer. Her book, Whiteley on Trial, on Australia’s most audacious of alleged art fraud, won a Walkley in 2018.

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