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Oil · Board
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Auction result
Passing Freighter
Clarice Beckett (Australian, 1887–1935)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $9,943 – $14,915) (≈ £6,348 – £9,522) (≈ €7,443 – €11,164)
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
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed on backing verso: "PASSING FREIGHTER"/ CLARICE BECKETT
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 21.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art | December 2010 (10DEC)
- Date
- December 15, 2010
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 75
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $9,943 – $14,915) (≈ £6,348 – £9,522) (≈ €7,443 – €11,164)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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