It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
A selection of Christmas-themed works from the auction room
Merry Christmas. With the year winding down, this week’s edition is simply a collection of festive-themed works that have surfaced at auction — something light to enjoy over the Christmas break, however you choose to spend it.
I’ve also (perhaps controversially) included a couple of Annunciation works. There are far more Annunciations than Nativity scenes in art history, and without that moment, there is no birth of Jesus nine months later.
Enjoy, and thank you for reading. I look forward to sharing more auction insights in 2026.
Grace Cossington Smith (1892-1984) Christmas Tree 1953 sold at Menzies in 2014 for $122,727 AUD
Pro Hart (1928 - 2006) Christmas Day in a Mining Town 1974 sold at Deutscher and Hackett in 2010 for $28,800 AUD
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c.1936 - 2002) Christmas at Old Roper River Mission, 1995 - 96 sold at Deutscher and Hackett in 2024 for $245,455 AUD
Jacqueline Fahey (b. 1929) Christmas Day sold at International Art Centre in 2021 for $16,000 + BP NZD
Michael Stevenson Christmas Trees: Trinity Hall sold at Art & Object in 2007 for $9,125 NZD
A. Lois White (1903 - 1984) Nativity - Study for Birth of Christ sold at International Art Centre in 2024 for $6,500 +BP NZD
Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992) Annunciation, 1951 sold at Smith & Singer in 2022
Garry Shead (b. 1942) Annunciation, 2000 sold at Deutscher and Hackett in 2020 for $319,091 AUD