Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Rudy Komon at 70, 1978
Etching · ed. etching, ed. 29/50
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Auction result
Indah
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023)
A$4,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,320≈ £2,639≈ €2,967
Hammer A$4,000 · with buyer’s premium A$4,800
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil and coloured pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and inscribed lower right: Indah John Olsen
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 27.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | December 2009 (09DEC)
- Date
- December 16, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 11
- Estimate
- A$3,500 – A$5,000 (≈ $3,150 – $4,500) (≈ £1,924 – £2,749) (≈ €2,163 – €3,090)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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