Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Double Bay, 1918
Watercolor · Paper
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Auction result
Afternoon Rest 1929
Benjamin Edwin Minns (Australian, 1863–1937) · 1929
A$3,660 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,782≈ £1,881≈ €2,586
Hammer A$3,000 · with buyer’s premium A$3,660
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'B.E. MINNS / 1929' lower left
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 47.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0794)
- Date
- March 31, 2015
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 285
- Estimate
- A$1,800 – A$3,000 (≈ $1,368 – $2,280) (≈ £925 – £1,542) (≈ €1,272 – €2,120)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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