Brett Whiteley’s The Wren is the top lot at Deutscher and Hackett’s first big sale of the year, which has a total estimate of $10 million to $14 million.
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In the 2023-24 summer period, a slew of major works and exhibitions is on offer in Australia’s regions, from big names to a blockbuster showcase of Yolŋu art
The Naoshima sculpture, another larger-than-life work by Japan’s ‘Princess of the Polka Dot’, has an interesting history. The famous yellow and black pumpkin sculpture was washed out to sea in a typhoon off the coast of Japan’s Naoshima art island in 2021, and later retrieved, remade and returned to the end of its iconic pier.