Auction Overview

Our MONTH live sale of approximately XX lots is set to be a highlight on the auction calendar. Featuring highly desirable works from John Peter Russell, Brett Whiteley, Cressida Campbell and Daphne Mayo, just to name a few, we look forward to you joining us, live or online, on the XX XX XX.

The remarkable [JOHN PETER RUSSELL TITLE] is just one of the stellar works offered in this auction, which also includes 3 works from the collection of Joan and Peter Clemenger.

Telephone and absentee bids will be accepted until XXpm on the day of the auction. Click here to register.

Featuring significant works from the collection of Joan and Peter Clemenger

Joan and Peter Clemenger’s passion for art and generous philanthropy to the arts over many decades is all the more remarkable given that neither came from families with an interest in visiting galleries and collecting. This is something they developed together as a couple, and it has been one of the hallmarks of their extraordinary lifelong partnership. However, rather than focus exclusively on developing their own collection, the Clemengers made the visionary – and at the time, ground-breaking – decision to share their love of art and the enrichment it gave them, through philanthropy, and particularly through their support of the National Gallery of Victoria, a relationship that now extends over 40 years. 

Joan and Peter met when Joan was working in the Collins Street studio of acclaimed Melbourne fashion and advertising photographer Athol Shmith, and the pair married in 1956. Peter had started working in advertising at the age of 16 and joined his father in establishing Clemenger Advertising just two years later. Today, Clemenger BBDO is the largest agency group in Australia.