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Quart-Pot Charlie
Hugh Sawrey (Australian, 1919–1999)
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A$4,270 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,734≈ £2,272≈ €2,526
Hammer A$3,500 · with buyer’s premium A$4,270
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: SAWREY; inscribed verso: QUART-POT/ CHARLIE/ HUGH SAWREY
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 20.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | September 2009 (09SEP)
- Date
- September 23, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 119
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $3,498 – $5,247) (≈ £2,128 – £3,192) (≈ €2,366 – €3,549)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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