Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗John Forrest Discovers a Spring in the Desert (1958), 1958
Oil · Board
Smith & Singer · Nov 25, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
King Found 1958
David Boyd (Australian, 1924–2011) · 1958
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$150,000 – A$200,000 (≈ $109,035 – $145,380) (≈ £84,879 – £113,171) (≈ €95,469 – €127,292)
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
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and tempera on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'David Boyd' lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 122 x 137 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Art from The John Symond AM Collection | Important Australian Art (AU0830)
- Date
- November 20, 2018
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- A$150,000 – A$200,000 (≈ $109,035 – $145,380) (≈ £84,879 – £113,171) (≈ €95,469 – €127,292)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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