Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Bird in a Landscape 1990, 1990
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Approaching Storm
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023) · 1980
A$380,455 price realized incl. premium
≈ $274,167≈ £202,293≈ €241,727
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: John Olsen ‘80 inscribed with title and date on label verso: APPROACHING STORM (1980)
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 116.5 x 122.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Highlights from the National Australia Bank Art Collection (67-national-australia-bank-collection)
- Date
- February 22, 2022
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 34
- Estimate
- A$80,000 – A$120,000 (≈ $57,650 – $86,476) (≈ £42,537 – £63,806) (≈ €50,829 – €76,244)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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