Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Air Commodore John Oddie, after Afghanistan, 2012
Photograph · ed. archival pigment print ed. 50/100
Leonard Joel · Sep 8, 2026A$500 ≈ $361 ≈ £266 ≈ €311Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Grey Skull 2006
Ben Quilty (Australian, b. 1973) · 2006
A$61,364 price realized incl. premium
≈ $45,937≈ £35,005≈ €41,381
Hammer A$50,000 · with buyer’s premium A$61,364
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed verso: Grey Skull/ 2006/ 100 x 105 cm/ Ben Quilty
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 105.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Art | 31 March 2022 (22MAR)
- Date
- March 31, 2022
- Location
- Australia
- Lot
- 18
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $22,458 – $37,430) (≈ £17,113 – £28,522) (≈ €20,231 – €33,718)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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