Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Bird at the Window, 1953-54
Oil · Canvas
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Auction result
Harbour View 1987
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023) · 1987
A$24,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $16,771≈ £11,487≈ €12,429
Hammer A$20,000 · with buyer’s premium A$24,000
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel, charcoal and watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower left: John Olsen/ 87; inscribed lower right: Harbour View
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 56.5 x 76.0 cm
- 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
- 49
- Estimate
- A$16,000 – A$24,000 (≈ $11,181 – $16,771) (≈ £7,658 – £11,487) (≈ €8,286 – €12,429)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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