Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Place de la Bastille, 1990
Etching · ed. etching, ed. 4/10
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Auction result
Sacred Baboon II 1975
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · 1975
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$12,000 – A$18,000 (≈ $12,368 – $18,553) (≈ £7,865 – £11,798) (≈ €9,223 – €13,835)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with monogram and dated lower right: 3/2/75 BW; signed verso: Brett Whiteley
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 31.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | December 2011 (11DEC)
- Date
- December 8, 2011
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 114
- Estimate
- A$12,000 – A$18,000 (≈ $12,368 – $18,553) (≈ £7,865 – £11,798) (≈ €9,223 – €13,835)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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