© Menzies — view on Menzies website ↗Fascismo 1963, 1963
Watercolor · Board
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Auction result
Chanting the Ching 1964
Ian Fairweather (Australian, 1891–1974) · 1964
A$434,727 price realized incl. premium
≈ $445,378≈ £282,063≈ €324,407
Hammer A$360,000 · with buyer’s premium A$434,727
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on hardboard”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed verso: CHANTING THE CHING/ THE DRUNKEN BUDDHA/ JAMES FAIRFAX, SYDNEY
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 97.0 x 67.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | September 2011 (11SEP)
- Date
- September 14, 2011
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 44
- Estimate
- A$400,000 – A$500,000 (≈ $409,800 – $512,250) (≈ £259,531 – £324,414) (≈ €298,492 – €373,115)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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