Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Picnic Under the Paper Bark Trees, 1999
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Reading by the Pond
David Boyd (Australian, 1924–2011)
A$5,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,585≈ £2,822≈ €3,303
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left: David Boyd
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 50 x 60.5cm
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- Fine Art (LJ8711) (LJ8711)
- Date
- March 19, 2024
- Location
- Hawthorn, Australia
- Lot
- 86
- Estimate
- A$8,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $5,215 – $7,822) (≈ £4,105 – £6,158) (≈ €4,804 – €7,207)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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