Photo © Deutscher and Hackett — view this lot on Deutscher and Hackett ↗Dance, c.1992
Oil · Board
Deutscher and Hackett · May 19, 2026A$9,818 ≈ $6,987 ≈ £5,212 ≈ €6,013Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Bare Queen (1995)
Garry Shead (Australian, b. 1942) · 1995
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Estimate A$30,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $19,445 – $32,409) (≈ £15,400 – £25,666) (≈ €18,465 – €30,775)
Offered at Smith & Singer and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed ‘Garry Shead’ lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 66 x 51 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0872)
- Date
- November 27, 2024
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 36
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $19,445 – $32,409) (≈ £15,400 – £25,666) (≈ €18,465 – €30,775)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2016 and 2024 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Aug 31, 2016 · Smith & Singer
Important Australian Art, lot 15
Bought in / unsold · est. A$30,000 – A$50,000
As catalogued
Garry Shead, “Bare Queen (1995)”, 1995
oil on composition board
66 x 51 cm
Nov 27, 2024 · Smith & Singer this result
Important Australian Art, lot 36
Bought in / unsold · est. A$30,000 – A$50,000
As catalogued
Garry Shead, “Bare Queen (1995)”, 1995
oil on composition board
66 x 51 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 92%). 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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