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Auction result
Armed Crater 1987
James Gleeson (Australian, 1915–2015) · 1987
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$80,000 – A$100,000 (≈ $82,968 – $103,710) (≈ £52,508 – £65,635) (≈ €63,012 – €78,765)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: Gleeson '87; signed, dated and inscribed verso: "ARMED CRATER" James Gleeson/ 1987
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 182.0 x 274.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012 (12MAR)
- Date
- March 22, 2012
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 65
- Estimate
- A$80,000 – A$100,000 (≈ $82,968 – $103,710) (≈ £52,508 – £65,635) (≈ €63,012 – €78,765)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2012 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Mar 22, 2012 · Menzies this result
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012, lot 65
Bought in / unsold · est. A$80,000 – A$100,000
As catalogued
James Gleeson, “Armed Crater 1987”, 1987
oil on linen
182.0 x 274.0 cm
Sep 13, 2012 · Menzies
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | September 2012, lot 53
Sold A$56,455Sign up to see · est. A$38,000 – A$48,000
As catalogued
James Gleeson, “Armed Crater 1987”, 1987
oil on linen
182.0 x 274.0 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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