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Auction result
Six Skulls 2008
Ben Quilty (Australian, b. 1973) · 2008
A$35,591 price realized incl. premium
≈ $36,911≈ £23,360≈ €28,033
Hammer A$29,000 · with buyer’s premium A$35,591
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and aerosol on linen (diptych)”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated verso: '08/ Ben Quilty
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 150.0 x 140.0 cm (each panel)
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012 (12MAR)
- Date
- March 22, 2012
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 25
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$40,000 (≈ $31,113 – $41,484) (≈ £19,691 – £26,254) (≈ €23,630 – €31,506)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2012 and 2014 · sold 2
Mar 22, 2012 · Menzies this result
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012, lot 25
Sold A$35,591Sign up to see · est. A$30,000 – A$40,000
As catalogued
Ben Quilty, “Six Skulls 2008”, 2008
oil and aerosol on linen (diptych)
150.0 x 140.0 cm (each panel)
Sep 24, 2014 · Menzies
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | September 2014, lot 250
Sold A$29,455 −17%Sign up to see · est. A$32,000 – A$40,000
As catalogued
Ben Quilty, “Six Skulls 2008”, 2008
oil and aerosol on linen (diptych)
150.0 x 140.0 cm (each panel)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 92%). 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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