Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Portrait of Jacqueline McKenzie, 1996
Oil · Board
Leonard Joel · Mar 17, 2026A$12,000 ≈ $8,527 ≈ £6,392 ≈ €7,395Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Writer and Muse c1992
Garry Shead (Australian, b. 1942) · c1992
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$90,000 – A$120,000 (≈ $91,791 – $122,388) (≈ £58,236 – £77,648) (≈ €72,254 – €96,338)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Garry Shead; inscribed verso: WRITER AND MUSE
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 91.5 x 122.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2012 (12JUN)
- Date
- June 20, 2012
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- A$90,000 – A$120,000 (≈ $91,791 – $122,388) (≈ £58,236 – £77,648) (≈ €72,254 – €96,338)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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