© Menzies — view on Menzies website ↗Sleep 1948, 1948
Watercolor · Paper
Menzies · Nov 19, 2025A$6,750 ≈ $4,379 ≈ £3,337 ≈ €3,781Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Love Series 1949
Joy Hester (Australian, 1920–1960) · 1949
A$20,864 price realized incl. premium
≈ $15,788≈ £11,723≈ €13,324
Hammer A$17,000 · with buyer’s premium A$20,864
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “Chinese ink and pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 25.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | November 2017 (17NOV)
- Date
- November 30, 2017
- Location
- Australia
- Lot
- 8
- Estimate
- A$18,000 – A$24,000 (≈ $13,620 – $18,161) (≈ £10,114 – £13,485) (≈ €11,495 – €15,327)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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