Photo © Deutscher and Hackett — view this lot on Deutscher and Hackett ↗Macedon landscape (View from Hesket), c.1910 – 1912
Oil · Canvas
Deutscher and Hackett · Aug 26, 2026A$147,273 ≈ $105,814 ≈ £77,633 ≈ €90,680Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
(A Quiet Study) (1886)
Frederick McCubbin (Australian, 1855–1917) · 1886
A$184,091 price realized incl. premium
≈ $127,095≈ £107,835≈ €127,939
Hammer A$150,000 · with buyer’s premium A$184,091
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 51 x 91.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0857)
- Date
- August 24, 2022
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 36
- Estimate
- A$150,000 – A$200,000 (≈ $103,559 – $138,078) (≈ £87,866 – £117,154) (≈ €104,247 – €138,995)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered 3 times between 2019 and 2022 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 2
Aug 27, 2019 · Smith & Singer
Important Australian Art, lot 32
Bought in / unsold · est. A$220,000 – A$320,000
As catalogued
Frederick McCubbin, “(A Quiet Study) (1886)”, 1886
oil on canvas
51 x 91.5 cm
Nov 18, 2020 · Smith & Singer
Important Australian & International Art, lot 22
Bought in / unsold · est. A$180,000 – A$220,000
As catalogued
Frederick McCubbin, “(A Quiet Study) (1886)”, 1886
oil on canvas
51 x 91.5 cm
Aug 24, 2022 · Smith & Singer this result
Important Australian Art, lot 36
Sold A$184,091Sign up to see · est. A$150,000 – A$200,000
As catalogued
Frederick McCubbin, “(A Quiet Study) (1886)”, 1886
oil on canvas
51 x 91.5 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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