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Auction result
The Mask
Garry Shead (Australian, b. 1942)
A$4,080 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,672≈ £2,243≈ €2,522
Hammer A$3,400 · with buyer’s premium A$4,080
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink and wash on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Garry Shead; inscribed lower centre: The Mask
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 27.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | December 2009 (09DEC)
- Date
- December 16, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 223
- Estimate
- A$2,500 – A$3,500 (≈ $2,250 – $3,150) (≈ £1,374 – £1,924) (≈ €1,545 – €2,163)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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