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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Auction result
Young Baboon 1977
Brett Whiteley (Australian, 1939–1992) · 1977
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,364 – $3,940) (≈ £1,820 – £3,033) (≈ €2,015 – €3,358)
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
- Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →As published: “sugarlift aquatint”
- Edition
- 31/60
- Signed / inscribed
- Edition: 31/60; numbered and signed below image
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 50.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | August 2017 (17AUG)
- Date
- August 10, 2017
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 154
- Estimate
- A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,364 – $3,940) (≈ £1,820 – £3,033) (≈ €2,015 – €3,358)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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