Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗The Family, 1959
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Sep 15, 2025A$800 ≈ $533 ≈ £391 ≈ €453Sign up free to see price
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Fish On A Black Plate
James Cant (Australian, 1911–1982) · 1951
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Estimate A$5,000 – A$8,000 (≈ $4,617 – $7,388) (≈ £3,036 – £4,857) (≈ €3,486 – €5,578)
Offered at Deutscher and Hackett 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: CANT
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 49.5 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (14-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- April 28, 2010
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 142
- Estimate
- A$5,000 – A$8,000 (≈ $4,617 – $7,388) (≈ £3,036 – £4,857) (≈ €3,486 – €5,578)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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Deutscher and Hackett · Apr 28, 2010A$432,000 ≈ $398,930 ≈ £262,282 ≈ €301,193Sign up free to see price
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Deutscher and Hackett · Apr 28, 2010A$288,000 ≈ $265,954 ≈ £174,854 ≈ €200,795Sign up free to see price
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Deutscher and Hackett · Apr 28, 2010A$138,000 ≈ $127,436 ≈ £83,784 ≈ €96,214Sign up free to see price
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Deutscher and Hackett · Apr 28, 2010A$102,000 ≈ $94,192 ≈ £61,928 ≈ €71,115Sign up free to see price
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