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Auction result
Chinatown (1962)
Ian Fairweather (Australian, 1891–1974) · 1962
A$378,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $282,557≈ £218,511≈ €258,776
Hammer A$310,000 · with buyer’s premium A$378,200
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed indistinctly and inscribed 'China Town' lower centre
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 74.5 x 97.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0813B)
- Date
- May 3, 2017
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 32
- Estimate
- A$220,000 – A$280,000 (≈ $164,364 – $209,191) (≈ £127,109 – £161,775) (≈ €150,530 – €191,584)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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