Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Sleeping Boats 1, 1975
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Auction result
Sounding
John Firth-Smith (Australian, b. 1943) · 1989
A$13,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $11,637≈ £5,644≈ €7,896
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: “SOUNDING”/ Firth-Smith 89
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 136.0 x 45.5 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (3-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- November 29, 2007
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 57
- Estimate
- A$12,000 – A$16,000 (≈ $10,579 – $14,106) (≈ £5,131 – £6,841) (≈ €7,178 – €9,571)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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