GA046 | The Autumn Auction Series
To be held over two consecutive days, The Autumn Auction Series features a fabulous selection of international decorative arts, fine silver, jewellery, timepieces, Chinese and Asian works of art, furniture and fine art. Part I will be conducted as a Live Auction on Sunday 28 May at 11am and Part II as a Timed Online Auction on Monday 29 May, closing from 10am. Both Parts I & II will be available to view in person.
To be held over two consecutive days, The Autumn Auction Series features a fabulous selection of international decorative arts, fine silver, jewellery, timepieces, Chinese and Asian works of art, furniture and fine art.
Part I will be conducted as a Live Auction on Sunday 28 May at 11am and Part II as a Timed Online Auction on Monday 29 May, closing from 10am. Both Parts I & II will be available to view in person.
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<strong>The</strong> Robert Law Collection – Part II<br />
Lots 193–210<br />
Robert Law (1870-1930) was Assayer (1890-1918), Chief Chemist<br />
and Refiner at the Royal Mint, Melbourne. Aside from his<br />
successful career Robert Law lived with great ambition to achieve<br />
more beyond his primary career. He was a steadfast athlete,<br />
scientifically inclined, and a brilliant amateur photographer<br />
for most of his life. Law documented his travels and collected<br />
other photographers' works along the way, amounting to over<br />
1000 slides (all of which were donated to the Royal Historical<br />
Society of Victoria in the 1930s). He captured everyday life and<br />
street scenes of Melbourne that retain immense socio-historical<br />
significance in the city’s archive.<br />
Law had a keen eye for talent and amassed a very well-curated<br />
collection of some of the best local artists from his generation,<br />
including Walter Withers, John Mather, Arthur Merric Boyd Senior<br />
and Blamire Young. We are fortunate to present Robert Law’s<br />
private art collection to the market for the first time, diligently<br />
preserved and handed down through three generations.<br />
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