Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Cross Street, 1952
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · May 16, 2021A$2,750 ≈ $2,132 ≈ £1,514 ≈ €1,759Sign up free to see price
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The Reader
Harold Abbott (Australian, 1906–1986) · 1949
A$5,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,652≈ £2,862≈ €3,361
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: ABBOTT / '49; signed, titled and dated verso: HAROLD ABBOTT "READER" 11-9-46
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 76 x 61cm (83 x 67cm framed)
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- The Collector's Auction (LJ8735) (LJ8735)
- Date
- June 4, 2024
- Location
- 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, Australia
- Lot
- 9
- Estimate
- A$800 – A$1,200 (≈ $531 – $797) (≈ £416 – £624) (≈ €489 – €733)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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