Alex Seton Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alex Seton Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 20, 2024
ALEX SETON born 1977, Bags of... (Wish Fulfilment) REST 2007
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY ALEX SETON born 1977 Bags of... (Wish Fulfilment) REST 2007 Wombeyan marble, cotton rope and inlaid tinted polyester resin 47.0 x 46.0 x 26.0 cm signed and dated to base: A Seton 07
Menzies
Jun. 25, 2024
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Target Hardener 2019 Wombeyan marble, melted polystyrene and pigment 41 x 18 x 18cm
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Target Hardener 2019 Wombeyan marble, melted polystyrene and pigment 41 x 18 x 18cm PROVENANCE: Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Annual Summer Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, 31 January - 8 February 2020 OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Leonard Joel
May. 23, 2023
Alex Seton (b.1977)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Usb Stone, 2005 marble and USB cable, edition: 12/15, signed and dated at base '12/15, A. Seton, 2005'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 23, 2023
Alex Seton (b. 1977)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
An Island in the Sun, 2010 bianca marble and rubber, signed and dated 'Alex Seton, 2010'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 15, 2023
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Target Hardener 2019 Wombeyan marble, melted polystyrene and pigment
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Target Hardener 2019 Wombeyan marble, melted polystyrene and pigment 41 x 18 x 18cm PROVENANCE: Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Annual Summer Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, 31 January - 8 February 2020 OTHER NOTES: Courtesy The Artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Leonard Joel
Mar. 29, 2023
ALEX SETON born 1977, Welcome/Unwelcome 2011
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ALEX SETON born 1977 Welcome/Unwelcome 2011 Bianco marble, watercolour, halyard and stainless steel 49.5 x 29.5 x 0.5 cm (marble flag); 55.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm (overall) signed and dated verso: A. SETON 2011
Menzies
Mar. 29, 2023
ALEX SETON born 1977, Handle with Care 2011
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ALEX SETON born 1977 Handle with Care 2011 Bianco marble, watercolour, halyard and stainless steel 49.5 x 29.5 x 0.5cm (marble flag); 55.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm (overall) signed and dated verso: A. SETON 2011
Menzies
Mar. 21, 2023
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Dad, I Dug A Hole! 2020 Wombeyan marble and pine handle
Est: $4,500 - $6,500
ALEX SETON (born 1977) Dad, I Dug A Hole! 2020 Wombeyan marble and pine handle 89cm x 41cm PROVENANCE: Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, 26 November - 23 December 2020 OTHER NOTES: Copyright the artist, courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Leonard Joel
Sep. 13, 2022
Alex Seton (b. 1977)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Red Mill after Mondrian),2010 watercolor on marble, signed, dated and titled verso 'Alex Seton, Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Red Mill after Mondrian),2010
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 24, 2022
Alex Seton (b. 1977)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Life Vest (Emergency), 2014 bronze, edition: 1/3, signed, dated and numbered at base 'Alexander Seton, Ed 1/3 2014'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 17, 2022
ALEX SETON, SQUISH ME, 2004
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
ALEX SETON born 1977 SQUISH ME, 2004 hydrocal, marble dust and oxide 8.0 x 18.0 x 14.0 cm edition: 5/9 signed, dated and numbered at base: A. Seton 04 5/9 inscribed with title on side: "SQUISH ME" PROVENANCE Private collection, Sydney © courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 03, 2021
ALEX SETON, DAD, I DUG A HOLE! 7, 2020
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
ALEX SETON born 1977 DAD, I DUG A HOLE! 7, 2020 Wombeyan marble and pine handle 89.0 x 10.0 x 42.0 cm accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity PROVENANCE Courtesy of the Artist and Sullivan and Strumpf CONDITION This carved sculpture is in excellent, stable and original condition. Image courtesy Sullivan + Strumpf
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 21, 2021
Alex Seton (born 1977) Vinyl Flavor 14.0 x 15.5 x 8.0cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 3 1/8in).
Est: $800 - $1,200
Alex Seton (born 1977) Vinyl Flavor incised with title and numbered to side: 'Vinyl Flavor 2/9' hydrocal, marble dust and oxide 14.0 x 15.5 x 8.0cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 3 1/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 27, 2019
ALEX SETON, born 1977, LIFE VEST (EMERGENCY), 2014, bronze
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ALEX SETON born 1977 LIFE VEST (EMERGENCY), 2014 bronze SIGNED: signed, dated and numbered at base: Alexander Seton Ed 1/3 2014 edition: 1/3 DIMENSIONS: 51.0 x 34.0 x 40.0 cm PROVENANCE: Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney The Mainland Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2015 EXHIBITED: Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney at Art Basel, Hong Kong, 13 – 17 March 2015 Young & Free: An Australian Discourse, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 10 February – 18 March 2017 Alex Seton lives and works in Sydney SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 Cargo, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney 2017 The Island, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 2017 Countercurrents, Samstag Museum, Adelaide 2016 Forming in the Pupil of an Eye: Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India 2016 Wynne Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2015 The Journey, Galerie Paris – Beijing, Paris 2014 – 15 Refoulement, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin and touring to Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; and Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland 2014 – 15 As of Today, Australian War Memorial, Canberra 2014 – 15 Sealed Section, Artbank, Sydney 2014 Replicator, Tweed Regional Gallery, New South Wales 2014 What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me, The Fine Art Society, London, UK 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 2013 Roughing Out, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney 2012 Six More, Australian War Memorial, Canberra 2011 Double Vision, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria SELECTED LITERATURE Mendelsohn, J., ‘Honouring the dead – Alex Seton’s stark, moving protest sculptures carved from marble’, The Conversation, 12 December 2018 Mitsuji, T., ‘Alex Seton explores our cultural baggage in Cargo’, Art Guide Australia, Melbourne, 26 September 2018 Fortescue, E., ‘Sculptor Alex Seton’s monumental view of history’, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 11 May 2017 Grishin, S., ‘Art Review – Alex Seton at the Australian War Memorial’, The Canberra Times, Canberra, 27 February 2015 Frost, A., ‘This is what it looks like’, Art Collector, Sydney, issue 70, October – December 2014, p. 146 – 153 Capon, E. & Fairly, G., Alex Seton: Roughing Out, exhibition catalogue, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney, 2013 Frost, A., ‘Memorial to the Forgotten’ in Alexander Seton: Elegy on Resistance, exhibition catalogue, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and ArtHK12, Hong Kong, 2012 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Albury Regional Gallery, Albury Artbank, Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Australian War Memorial, Canberra Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Danish Royal Art Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Hong Kong and Sydney Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast HBO Collection, New York, USA National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane REPRESENTED BY Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 21, 2018
Alex Seton (b. 1977)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Dudsworth Hall, 2006, caesarstone
Shapiro Auctioneers
Apr. 18, 2018
ALEX SETON, born 1977, THAT EXPLAINS THE DEAD BIRDS, 2006, white marble and steel
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ALEX SETON, born 1977, THAT EXPLAINS THE DEAD BIRDS, 2006, white marble and steel SIGNED: signed on back rest: A. Seton DIMENSIONS: 80.0 x 38.0 x 50.0 cm PROVENANCE: Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED: Sculpture 2006, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney, 12 – 28 January 2006
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 13, 2016
ALEX SETON, born 1977, SOLOIST, 2012, bronze
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
ALEX SETON, born 1977, SOLOIST, 2012, bronze SIGNED: signed, dated, inscribed and numbered at base: Alexander Seton / SOLOIST 2012 / ED. 1/3 DIMENSIONS: 95.0 x 75.0 x 70.0 cm PROVENANCE: Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 March - 2 June 2013 (another example) National Artist Self Portrait Award 2013, University of Queensland Art Museum, 19 October - 16 February 2013, Winner: Peoples Choice Award (another example) LITERATURE: Capon, E., Fairley, G., Ostrow, S., Britton, K., Alex Seton: Roughing Out, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, 2013, pp. 14, 15 (illus. marble version) ESSAY: Belonging to a series of sculptures named Elegy on Resistance, Soloist, 2012 is one of Alexander Setons most clearly figurative works. A large sculpture featuring a hooded and slouched figure, Soloist is presented simply within the gallery space. Adopting a cross-legged meditative pose, the lifelike figure is unobtrusive and exudes an eerie calmness. Based on the marble version of Soloist, Seton cast a small edition of sculptures in bronze, one of which was exhibited as a finalist in the 2013 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney sculptor, Seton has risen rapidly from graduate shows to survey exhibitions and international art fairs. A skilled craftsman and astute observer of contemporary society, Seton has carved a niche for himself by creating highly detailed replicas of prosaic items of consumer culture in marble and bronze, transforming them into a series of elegant physical paradoxes. Seton has frequently demonstrated his prowess in sculpting fabric, inviting parallels with the ancient masters of his craft. Recently, Setons works have been put to the service of environmental and societal activism, addressing topical issues such as surveillance, climate change and Australias treatment of asylum seekers. Setons preference for the noble materials of sculpture, historically linked to acts of commemoration, endows his works with an elegiac tone. In this context, Soloist becomes a potent monument to contemporary urban otherness. Dressed in an ubiquitous hoodie, the controversial uniform of urban youth, the figure itself is curiously both present and absent. While the physical presence of the hooded figure is undeniable, stoic and defiant in his weight and immobility, the body within is missing. We are left searching for the physical individual, and in its absence forced to project our own identity onto its sculpted form. Lending conceptual depth to Setons technical prowess, this corporeal absence elevates the figure of Soloist to a collective symbol. It is everyone and no-one, a figure of contemporary urban anonymity, yet also expressing the overlooked power and quiet strength of the individual. Cross-legged and unmoving, this cast bronze figure evokes the power of historical acts of individual activism, media images of which have remained present in our psyche. The works title emphasises the role of the figure as both the central performer and sole focus of this scene, yet still he remains invisible to our gaze. The theatrical nature of Setons installation places the viewer in a position of passive and impotent observation, similar to the position one adopts with respect to mass-media. This effect was further emphasised in Setons installation of the work at the ArtHK 12 in Hong Kong, where the marble version of Soloist was surrounded and surveyed by marble replicas of CCTV cameras, Quartet 1-4. Thus, Seton opens up a complex dialectic between observation and identification, between the viewer and the viewed, shedding light on the uncomfortable realities of surveillance and security. Already well-known to Australian audiences and attracting critical acclaim overseas (he was one of the recent recipients of the 2015 François Schneider Foundation Contemporary Talents prize), Seton is a contemporary artist whose work has rarely appeared on the secondary market. LUCIE REEVES-SMITH
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 26, 2015
ALEX SETON, born 1977, USB STONE, 2005, marble and USB cable
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ALEX SETON, born 1977, USB STONE, 2005, marble and USB cable SIGNED: signed and dated at base: A.Seton.2005. DIMENSIONS: 12.0 x 12.0 x 12.0 cm EXHIBITED: Alex Seton: Stay on Message, Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney, 8 – 26 November 2005, cat. 6 PROVENANCE: Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 06, 2015
ALEX SETON, born 1977, PLANS FOR MY KINGDOM (BLACK AND WHITE), 2010, graphite on marble
Est: $4,500 - $6,500
ALEX SETON, born 1977, PLANS FOR MY KINGDOM (BLACK AND WHITE), 2010, graphite on marble SIGNED: each signed, dated and titled verso DIMENSIONS: 30.5 x 24.5 cm each (triptych) EXHIBITED: Alex Seton, Infinitely Near, Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, 8 – 27 June, 2010 PROVENANCE: Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett