Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗John Forrest Discovers a Spring in the Desert (1958), 1958
Oil · Board
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Angel Calling
David Boyd (Australian, 1924–2011) · 1971
A$16,000 hammer
≈ $11,297≈ £9,059≈ €10,681
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Label verso reading: BOYD, David "Angel Calling"
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 90x136cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 155) (155)
- Date
- May 22, 2022
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 25
- Estimate
- A$15,000 – A$25,000 (≈ $10,591 – $17,652) (≈ £8,493 – £14,155) (≈ €10,013 – €16,689)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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