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Oil · Other support
Davidson Auctions · May 26, 2024Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Curious King
Fred Jessup (1920–2007) · c.1947
A$650 hammer
≈ $435≈ £337≈ €399
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Glass”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Inscribed verso 'Curious King/Fred Jessup' and 'Macquarie Galleries' in another hand.
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 33.5x26cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 182) (182)
- Date
- July 20, 2024
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 153
- Estimate
- A$500 – A$800 (≈ $335 – $535) (≈ £259 – £414) (≈ €307 – €492)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 26, 2024 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 181), lot 172
Bought in / unsold · est. A$700 – A$1,200
As catalogued
Fred Jessup, “Curious King”, c.1947
Oil on Glass
33.5x26cm
Jul 20, 2024 · Davidson Auctions this result
Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 182), lot 153
Sold A$650Sign up to see · est. A$500 – A$800
As catalogued
Fred Jessup, “Curious King”, c.1947
Oil on Glass
33.5x26cm
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