Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Bird at the Window, 1953-54
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$20,000 ≈ $13,964 ≈ £10,559 ≈ €12,392Sign up free to see price
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Dunmoochin 1969
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023) · 1969
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Estimate A$25,000 – A$35,000 (≈ $25,613 – $35,858) (≈ £16,221 – £22,709) (≈ €18,656 – €26,118)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: John/ Olsen '69
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 66.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | September 2011 (11SEP)
- Date
- September 14, 2011
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 82
- Estimate
- A$25,000 – A$35,000 (≈ $25,613 – $35,858) (≈ £16,221 – £22,709) (≈ €18,656 – €26,118)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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