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Auction result
A Hidden Exchange 1996
Fred Cress (Australian, 1938–2009) · 1996
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$26,000 – A$34,000 (≈ $26,798 – $35,044) (≈ £17,042 – £22,285) (≈ €19,984 – €26,133)
Offered at Menzies 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: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated, titled and inscribed verso: Cress '96/ CRESS 1996/ "A HIDDEN EXCHANGE"/ 168 x 152 cm/ Acrylics/ canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 168.0 x 152.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | December 2011 (11DEC)
- Date
- December 8, 2011
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 60
- Estimate
- A$26,000 – A$34,000 (≈ $26,798 – $35,044) (≈ £17,042 – £22,285) (≈ €19,984 – €26,133)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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