Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Portraits and Other Emergencies, 1972
Print (other)
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$1,800 ≈ $1,257 ≈ £951 ≈ €1,121Sign up free to see price
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Magpie 1977
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · 1977
A$5,645 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,660≈ £2,972≈ €3,749
Hammer A$4,600 · with buyer’s premium A$5,645
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- Medium
- Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →As published: “sugarlift aquatint”
- Edition
- edition of 60
- Signed / inscribed
- Edition: Artist's Proof (edition of 60); editioned and signed below image
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 50.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | December 2014 (14DEC)
- Date
- December 11, 2014
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 275
- Estimate
- A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,476 – $4,127) (≈ £1,580 – £2,633) (≈ €1,993 – €3,321)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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