Photo © Menzies — view this lot on Menzies ↗Forty Baskets Beach 1983, 1983
Acrylic · Canvas
Menzies · Nov 19, 2025A$22,091 ≈ $14,333 ≈ £10,923 ≈ €12,374Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Shades 1969-1970
David Aspden (Australian, 1935–2005) · 1969-1970
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$30,000 – A$40,000 (≈ $21,659 – $28,879) (≈ £13,723 – £18,297) (≈ €18,824 – €25,099)
Offered at Smith & Singer and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed 'SHADES 70 / ASPDEN / 69 / 5 SHADES' verso
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 232.3 x 146.8 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0798)
- Date
- August 25, 2015
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 71
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$40,000 (≈ $21,659 – $28,879) (≈ £13,723 – £18,297) (≈ €18,824 – €25,099)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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