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Oil · Canvas
Deutscher and Hackett · Nov 26, 2025A$141,136 ≈ $91,702 ≈ £69,513 ≈ €79,210Sign up free to see price
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Prometheus Encyphered
James Gleeson (Australian, 1915–2015) · 1986
A$20,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $13,375≈ £9,980≈ €11,506
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: Gleeson '86; signed, titled and dated on stretcher bar verso: "PROMETHEUS ENCYPHERED"/ 1986/ James Gleeson
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 189 x 254cm
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- Three Paintings by Important Australian Artists (IT119) (IT119)
- Date
- January 15, 2026
- Location
- Timed Online Auction (Hawthorn), Australia
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $20,062 – $33,437) (≈ £14,971 – £24,951) (≈ €17,259 – €28,765)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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