Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Sparrow Bathing 1976, 1976
Drawing (ink) · Paper
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Bird Bathing c1990
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · c1990
A$28,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $24,906≈ £16,625≈ €20,312
Hammer A$24,000 · with buyer’s premium A$28,800
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “painted and glazed ceramic plate”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: brett w
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 32.0 cm diameter
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art | June 2010 (10JUN)
- Date
- June 24, 2010
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 65
- Estimate
- A$20,000 – A$26,000 (≈ $17,296 – $22,485) (≈ £11,545 – £15,009) (≈ €14,105 – €18,337)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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