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Auction result
Duet
John Brack (Australian, 1920–1999) · 1961
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$300,000 – A$400,000 (≈ $281,169 – $374,892) (≈ £142,019 – £189,359) (≈ €177,148 – €236,197)
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 on board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: John Brack inscribed verso: 'Duet 1961'
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 91.5 x 112.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (4-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- April 17, 2008
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- A$300,000 – A$400,000 (≈ $281,169 – $374,892) (≈ £142,019 – £189,359) (≈ €177,148 – €236,197)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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