Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Tell Tales Table, 2003
Acrylic · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Sep 19, 2023A$5,000 ≈ $3,233 ≈ £2,604 ≈ €3,018Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Communion 2002
Fred Cress (Australian, 1938–2009) · 2002
A$52,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $46,169≈ £28,089≈ €31,231
Hammer A$44,000 · with buyer’s premium A$52,800
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower centre: Cress 02; signed, dated and inscribed verso: (C) Cress 2002/ CRESS/ "COMMUNION" 2002
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 167.0 x 136.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | September 2009 (09SEP)
- Date
- September 23, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 50
- Estimate
- A$40,000 – A$60,000 (≈ $34,977 – $52,465) (≈ £21,279 – £31,919) (≈ €23,660 – €35,490)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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