Jenny Watson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jenny Watson Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 13, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Australian Artist of the 80's 1987 lithograph, ed. B.A.T 57 x 77cm (sheet); 76 x 95cm (frame)
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Australian Artist of the 80's 1987 lithograph, ed. B.A.T signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1987 editioned lower left 57 x 77cm (sheet); 76 x 95cm (frame) PROVENANCE: Viridian press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Sep. 22, 2024
Jenny Watson (b1951) oil on silk
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
horse - 116cm h x 103cm w Jennifer is an Australian artist best known for her paintings that combine text and images. Represented Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1993
Yarra Valley Auctions
Sep. 22, 2024
Jenny Watson (b1951) painted oil on silk
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
dated 2014 - Little girl - 116cm h x 103cm w Jennifer is an Australian artist best known for her paintings that combine text and images. Represented Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1993
Yarra Valley Auctions
May. 09, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII 70 x 100cm (sheet); frame size:...
Est: $700 - $900
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 70 x 100cm (sheet); frame size: 81 x 109cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
May. 02, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P 77 x 100cm; frame size: 88 x 109.5cm
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 77 x 100cm; frame size: 88 x 109.5cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: Jenny Watson, Death of a Horse 1989 oil on canvas, 217 x 295cm, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
May. 02, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII 70 x 100cm (sheet); frame size:...
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 70 x 100cm (sheet); frame size: 81 x 109cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 10, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII 70 x 100cm (sheet)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 70 x 100cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 10, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P 77 x 100cm
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 77 x 100cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: Jenny Watson, Death of a Horse 1989 oil on canvas, 217 x 295cm, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 10, 2024
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (2) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII 100 x 70cm
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (2) 1988 etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 100 x 70cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Nov. 15, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Bottled Memories (4) 1988 (From The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Bottled Memories (4) 1988 (From The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny/ Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 99 x 70cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Nov. 15, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P 65 x 91cm
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 65 x 91cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: Jenny Watson, The Haycarter 1992, oil on taffeta with netting and sequins plus synthetic polymer paint on stretcher, 151.5cm x 80cm; 61cm x 45.5cm, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Nov. 11, 2023
Watson, Jenny. People never understood
Est: €300 - €450
Watson, Jenny. People never understood how physically demanding her work was. Zweiteilige Tuschzeichnung (Text und Bild, dieses mit Gouache) auf orangenem Papier. Verso signiert. 1992. Blattmaße: je 33 x 24 cm. Unter ein Passepartout montiert. Die australische Künstlerin Jenny Watson (geb. 1951) gilt als eine der führenden australischen Künstlerinnen, deren konzeptionelle Malerei vom Feminismus und der Punkszene in London und Melbourne beeinflusst wurde. Sie hat ihre eigene visuelle Sprache entwickelt, in der häufig Texte mit Bildern kombiniert werden. - Gering wellig bzw. knickspurig, sonst sehr gut erhalten. - Provenienz: Privatsammlung Frankfurt.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
Sep. 28, 2023
§ JENNY WATSON, DEATH OF A HORSE 1990, LITHOGRAPH ED. 1/25, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, TITLED AND EDITIONED LOWER LEFT, 72.5 X 95CM.
Est: $700 - $900
§ JENNY WATSON, DEATH OF A HORSE 1990, LITHOGRAPH ED. 1/25, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, TITLED AND EDITIONED LOWER LEFT, 72.5 X 95CM (REVEAL), FRAME SIZE: 100 X 122CM
Leonard Joel
Sep. 27, 2023
Jenny Watson (born in 1951) He had an important interview, 1991 (triptych)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jenny Watson (born in 1951) He had an important interview, 1991 (triptych) Gouache on paper Signed and dated on the bottom right (on one of the works) 31 x 23 cm (each) Provenance: - Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna - Purchased from the latter by the current owner - Dotation Lefebvre-Vornic collection Jenny Watson (née en 1951) He had an important interview (triptyque), 1991 Gouache sur papier Signé et daté en bas à droite (sur l'une des oeuvres) 31 x 23 cm (chaque) Provenance : - Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienne - Acquis auprès de cette dernière par l'actuel propriétaire
Piasa
Sep. 12, 2023
JENNY WATSON (BORN 1951), Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990
Est: $700 - $900
JENNY WATSON (BORN 1951) Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990 lithograph signed, dated, titled and editioned lower right and left: Jenny Watson 1990 / 'Self Portrait as a Narcotic' 1/25 72.5 x 95cm (image size)
Gibson's
Sep. 12, 2023
JENNY WATSON (BORN 1951), Death of a Horse 1990
Est: $700 - $900
JENNY WATSON (BORN 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph signed, dated, titled and editioned lower right and left: Jenny Watson 1990 / 'Death of a Horse' 1/25 72.5 x 95cm (image size)
Gibson's
Jul. 19, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. T/P 64 x 90cm (image)
Est: $800 - $1,200
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. T/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 64 x 90cm (image) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another impression of this print is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: The Haycarter 1992, oil on taffeta with netting and sequins plus synthetic polymer paint on stretcher 151.5cm x 80cm; 61cm x 45.5cm, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Jul. 19, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (5) 1988 (From The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed...
Est: $800 - $1,200
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (5) 1988 (From The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny/ Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 99.5 x 70cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 05, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990 lithograph, ed. 25/25
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990 lithograph, ed. 25/25 signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 76.5 x 100cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another impression of this print is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: Jenny Watson, Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1989, oil, ink, animal glue and collage of paper on linen, the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 05, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 25/25
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 25/25 signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 titled and editioned lower left 76.5 x 100cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Another impression of this print is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. RELATED WORK: Jenny Watson, Death of a Horse 1989 oil on canvas, 217 x 295cm, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 05, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. P/P
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (3) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. P/P signed and dated upper right edge: Jenny Watson/ 1988 editioned lower right edge 99.5 x 70cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 05, 2023
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (4) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. P/P
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (4) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour, ed. P/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny/ Watson/ 1988 editioned lower left 99.5 x 70cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) Other impressions of this print are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Feb. 02, 2023
JENNY WATSON, PAM & GRIFF 1975, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED VERSO, 182.5 X 340CM, EXHIBITED: THE...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
JENNY WATSON, PAM & GRIFF 1975, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED VERSO, 182.5 X 340CM, EXHIBITED: THE SEVENTIES: AUSTRALIAN PAINTINGS AND TAPESTRIES FROM THE COLLECTION OF NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK, NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE, 15 OCTOBER - 28 NOVEMBER 1982 (ILL. P. 109) PROVENANCE: THE NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK ART COLLECTION
Leonard Joel
Nov. 24, 2022
JENNY WATSON (B. 1951) It sounded fine... oil on canvas, in two parts (i) 2
Est: €1,800 - €2,500
JENNY WATSON (B. 1951) It sounded fine... oil on canvas, in two parts (i) 25.5 x 30.5cm. (ii) 113.5 x 91cm.
Christie's
Nov. 16, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (1) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour ed. A/P...
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Bottled Memories (1) 1988 (The Portfolio Aus Australien 1987-89) etching, aquatint and watercolour ed. A/P X/XII signed and dated lower right: Jenny/ Watson/ 1998 editioned lower left 99.5 x 70cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: "The aquatints of Jenny Watson's series, Bottled Memories, contain a distillation of her personal history in the shape of memories that have formed, and continue to inform, who she is. Each work in the series is a bottling of words, associations and fragments that are preserved in glass like a specimen of scientific curiosity. Fractured and abstracted, letters float free from the words, memories and events they signify." (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) Other impressions of this print is currently held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Nov. 16, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 4/25
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 4/25 signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1990 editioned lower left titled lower left 76.5 x 100cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Nov. 16, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Australian Artist of the 80's 1987 lithograph, ed. P/P
Est: $800 - $1,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Australian Artist of the 80's 1987 lithograph, ed. P/P signed and dated lower right: Jenny Watson 1987 editioned lower left titled lower centre 57 x 77cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Neil Leveson, Melbourne Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: This print is from a collective folio, The Bicentennial Folio: Prints by Twenty Five Australian Artists 1988. Other impressions of this print are currently held in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Sep. 13, 2022
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
My Fathers Music2001 stone lithographs on various fabrics, Lithographer: Muka Press, Auckland, edition of 20, signed and dated l.r.c. 'Jenny, 2001'(5 Large, 5 Small) (10)
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 27, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 12/25
Est: $800 - $1,200
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 12/25 editioned, titled, signed and dated below image 76 x 100cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Victoria Private collection, Victoria OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
May. 09, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) My father's music 2001 stone lithographs on various fabrics (10), ed. 6/20 lithographer: Muka Press, Auckland
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) My father's music 2001 stone lithographs on various fabrics (10), ed. 6/20 lithographer: Muka Press, Auckland artist's name, title, date and edition on gallery label verso (each) 76 x 55cm; 56 x 27cm, set of 5 images (2 pieces each) PROVENANCE: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: The First 20 Years: Group Show, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 7 February – 9 March 2002 (another example) OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Apr. 06, 2022
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 8/25
Est: $800 - $1,200
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 8/25 editioned, titled, signed and dated below image 76 x 100cm PROVENANCE: Viridian Press, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Dec. 05, 2021
WATSON Jenny (b.1951), 'Magic Bed,' 1994., Oil on Damask Cotton, 117x81.5cm (stretched)
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
WATSON, Jenny (b.1951) 'Magic Bed,' 1994. Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, label verso. Note: no text panel. Provenance: Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 23rd November 2020 (lot 37) Oil on Damask Cotton 117x81.5cm (stretched)
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 10, 2021
JENNY WATSON, YOU BUTE COUNTRY, 2003
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
JENNY WATSON born 1951 YOU BUTE COUNTRY, 2003 i. oil on linen ii. oil on Thai silk i. 204.0 x 208.5 cm ii. 25.5 x 20.5 cm i. signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: JENNY / WATSON / 2003 / “YOU BUTE / COUNTRY” ii. signed and dated verso: jenny / watson / 2003 PROVENANCE Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne (label attached on stretcher bar verso) Shannon Bennett, Melbourne ESSAY With expressive faux naiveté, Jenny Watson’s paintings display a Punk irreverence and a radical commitment to female experience and personal narrative. In You Bute Country, a primly dressed girl sits atop a carousel horse, holding an ice-cream while she surveys the roughly sketched landscape. While snippets of language, in the form of vernacular aphorisms were often added into the composition of Watson’s early paintings, text in her works from 1990 onwards was presented on a separate accompanying panel, creating an informal diptych with content often subverting or contradicting one another. The use of the (misspelt) famous moniker by John Olsen for the lucky and prosperous country of Australia: “you beaut country”, casts a reflective atmosphere of privilege and gratitude on this example of Watson’s alter-ego portrait as a child. Watson was given the honour of representing Australia at the Venice Biennale early in her career. Her well-known works have often been likened to those of British artist enfant terrible Tracey Emin in their use of traditionally feminine crafts, text and highly personal narrative subject matter. Watson’s works, however, pre-date those of Emin and were born of a locally specific environment, that of 1970s Melbourne counterculture, the rise of feminist art and pub culture and was presented in direct opposition to the fashionable hard-edge abstraction. With the aid of the Womens Art Register in Melbourne, Watson was convinced by feminist theorist Lucy Lippard that personal imagery was a valid subject for her art and set about populating her canvases with reflections on the self, and recollections of her youth in suburban Melbourne. 1 Deliberately deconstructing her early realist painting technique in favour of a more spontaneous, rudimentary and seemingly untutored facture, Watson gave her paintings an overly childish air. This served to imply a psychological, dreamlike immediacy to the experiences and reflections that she painted. Here, the ebullience and larrikin swagger of Olsen’s You Beaut Country reinforce the merriment of Watson’s carousel rider. Confessional and personal, Watson’s paintings often revisit her ”horse-mad” teen years and the freedom attained by riding her horse in the bush near Kallista, in the Dandenong Ranges. 2 A possible combination with one of her pictorial avatars, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, the central figure of this painting is clear and sharply in focus, while her piebald horse loses definition towards the bottom of the canvas, becoming one with the landscape through which they travel. The band of sky-blue trailing behind their backs implies rapid movement only to be interrupted by the red pole anchoring horse to the ground and bisecting the flat picture plane. The ultimate inability of the girl to travel through the landscape she inhabits is reinforced by presence of small appliquéd rocking horse in the accompanying text panel. Both horses give merely the illusion of travelling within the vast and unbridled landscape of Australia when they are ultimately unable venture further than the comfy and cosseted confines of suburbia. 1. Davis, A., Hawker, R., and Pestorius, D., Jenny Watson: The Fabric of Fantasy, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2017 2. Mohamad, M., ‘Jenny Watson: Up close and from afar’, Vault Australasian Art & Culture magazine, issue 10, July 2015, p. 51 LUCIE REEVES-SMITH © Jenny Watson. Courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 10, 2021
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 6/25
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Death of a Horse 1990 lithograph, ed. 6/25 editioned, titled, signed and dated in pencil below image 65.5 x 84.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Nov. 10, 2021
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) The Haycarter 1990 lithograph, ed. P/P editioned, titled, signed and dated in pencil below image 65 x 89cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Nov. 10, 2021
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990 lithograph, ed. 11/25
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Self Portrait as a Narcotic 1990 lithograph, ed. 11/25 editioned, titled, signed and dated in pencil below image 67 x 89.5cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Aug. 24, 2021
Jenny Watson (born 1951) Sensurround, Deny Me & I'm not some Child, 2007 25.0 x 20.0cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8in). (each)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Jenny Watson (born 1951) Sensurround, Deny Me & I'm not some Child, 2007 signed and dated upper left: '2007 Jenny / Watson' signed, dated and titled verso acrylic on wrapping paper 25.0 x 20.0cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8in). (each) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 28, 2021
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Angel oil on hessian and oil on canvas
Est: $4,500 - $5,500
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Angel oil on hessian and oil on canvas bears artist's name and title on label verso 138 x 114cm; 61 x 50cm PROVENANCE: Melbourne Art Fair Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel
Feb. 28, 2021
Jenny Watson (USA/Australia 1951-) "Death of a Horse" 1990 lithograph signe
Est: $300 - $600
Jenny Watson (USA/Australia 1951-) "Death of a Horse" 1990 lithograph signed lower right, No 16/25, 64 x 84.5 cm, sheet size 76.6 x 100.2 cm
Amanda Addams Auctions
Nov. 23, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Domestication oil on velvet (unstretched)
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 23, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Magic Bed, 1994 oil on damask cotton
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 23, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
The Unbearable Not Rightness of Being, 1989/90 oil on liberty cotton
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 07, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $700 - $1,000
Colour Study for Grey with Pink acrylic on paper, titled and signed l.l.c. 'Colour Study for Grey with Pink, J. Watson', unframed
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 05, 2020
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) (Ballerina) 2004 oil on fabric
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) (Ballerina) 2004 oil on fabric initalled and dated lower right: JW '04 124 x 90.5cm OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Leonard Joel
Apr. 05, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Alice in a New Flat, 1987 pastel on paper, signed and dated l.l.c. 'J.W. '87', inscribed verso 'Jenny Watson, 1987, Alice in a New Flat'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Apr. 05, 2020
Jenny Watson (b. 1951)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Flowers, 1989 oil, indian pigments and haberdashery on belgian linen
Shapiro Auctioneers
Nov. 14, 2019
Jenny Watson (1951 - ) - The Hay Maker, 1991 75 x 98.5 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Jenny Watson (1951 - ) The Hay Maker, 1991 etching, ed. 25/25 75 x 98.5 cm signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
Nov. 13, 2019
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Youth Prints Project 2007 lithograph editions vary
Est: $600 - $800
JENNY WATSON (born 1951) Youth Prints Project 2007 lithograph editions vary editioned, signed and dated below image 10 x 20cm (each) OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Leonard Joel

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