© Menzies — view on Menzies website ↗Rundle Street, Adelaide c1933, c1933
Oil · Board
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The Spirit of the Woods
Dora Wilson (British, 1883–1946)
A$2,700 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,128≈ £1,638≈ €1,814
Hammer A$2,200 · with buyer’s premium A$2,700
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left: Dora L Wilson signed and inscribed on label attached to backing verso: "The Spirit of the Woods"/ 10 guineas/ Dora L Wilson/ Melbourne
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 28.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | August 2017 (17AUG)
- Date
- August 10, 2017
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 71
- Estimate
- A$2,500 – A$3,500 (≈ $1,970 – $2,758) (≈ £1,516 – £2,123) (≈ €1,679 – €2,351)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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