Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Echidna; and Crow, 1978
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Frog
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023)
A$18,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $12,579≈ £8,615≈ €9,322
Hammer A$15,000 · with buyer’s premium A$18,000
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in base: John Olsen
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 14.0 cm height
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009 (09MAR)
- Date
- March 25, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 70
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $6,988 – $10,482) (≈ £4,786 – £7,180) (≈ €5,179 – €7,768)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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