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Price: $15,000 AUD
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Recent Auction Result for works on paper by Peter Booth:
Burning Landscape with Man and Snake | c.1977 | Gouache on paper | 55.5 x 75 cm | Estimate: A$8,000 – A$12,000 | Hammer Price: A$20,000 | With Premium: A$24,545 | Menzies | Important Australian & International Art | Melbourne | 20 August 2025 | Lot 16
Untitled (Crowd) | Booth | 1996 | Pastel on paper | 38 x 79 cm | Signed and dated verso: Booth / 1996 | Estimate: A$9,000 – A$12,000 | Hammer Price: A$11,000 | With Premium: A$13,500 | Menzies | Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | Sydney | 19 November 2020 | Lot 106
Peter Booth: Psychological Landscapes of Isolation and Tension
Peter Booth (b. 1940, Sheffield, UK; arrived in Australia 1967) is one of Australia’s most distinctive post-war painters, known for his psychologically charged landscapes and solitary figures that sit between figuration and abstraction.
His paintings operate as internal terrains shaped by memory, unease, and displacement. Vast, empty spaces are punctuated by lone figures, bandaged heads, and burning horizons, not as narrative scenes, but as emotional states rendered through paint. Emerging in the late 1960s and 1970s, Booth maintained a commitment to painting while absorbing the psychological intensity of European post-war art, often drawing comparison to Francis Bacon and Anselm Kiefer, yet remaining distinctly Australian in tone and spatial sensibility.
His market reflects this consistency. Major paintings have achieved up to approximately A$695,000 (including premium), with strong examples typically trading between A$70,000 and A$150,000, and larger or more significant works exceeding this range.
Works on paper sit below this level, generally between A$8,000 and A$15,000, offering a more accessible entry point while retaining the psychological intensity of his practice. For collectors, they present a considered way to engage with Booth’s work, often filling a gap within a broader collection of post-war Australian painting.