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Acrylic · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · May 30, 2026A$160 ≈ $115 ≈ £85 ≈ €99Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Awelye (Mountain Devil Lizard)
Ada Bird Petyarre (1930–2004)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$400 – A$600 (≈ $263 – $394) (≈ £195 – £292) (≈ €225 – €338)
Offered at Davidson Auctions and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “Acrylic on Linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Ada' verso
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 91x60cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196) (196)
- Date
- July 12, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 473
- Estimate
- A$400 – A$600 (≈ $263 – $394) (≈ £195 – £292) (≈ €225 – €338)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
May 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Aboriginal Art & Artefacts (Sale 194), lot 1106
Bought in / unsold · est. A$500 – A$800
As catalogued
Ada Bird Petyarre, “Awelye (Mountain Devil Lizard)”
Acrylic on Linen
91x60cm
Jul 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196), lot 473
Bought in / unsold · est. A$400 – A$600
As catalogued
Ada Bird Petyarre, “Awelye (Mountain Devil Lizard)”
Acrylic on Linen
91x60cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196) · Davidson Auctions · Jul 12, 2025
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