Photo © Menzies — view this lot on Menzies ↗Celebration Blue 1974, 1974
Acrylic · Canvas
Menzies · Aug 27, 2026A$36,818 ≈ $26,472 ≈ £19,491 ≈ €22,733Sign up free to see price
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Festive Night 1983
John Coburn (Australian, 1925–2006) · 1983
A$29,455 price realized incl. premium
≈ $30,177≈ £19,111≈ €21,980
Hammer A$24,000 · with buyer’s premium A$29,455
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Coburn; inscribed verso: FESTIVE NIGHT (OIL) 1983/JOHN COBURN
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 75.0 x 85.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | September 2011 (11SEP)
- Date
- September 14, 2011
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 8
- Estimate
- A$22,000 – A$28,000 (≈ $22,539 – $28,686) (≈ £14,274 – £18,167) (≈ €16,417 – €20,894)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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