Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Bird at the Window, 1953-54
Oil · Canvas
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Man, Kangaroo and Landscape
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$16,000 – A$22,000 (≈ $16,594 – $22,816) (≈ £10,502 – £14,440) (≈ €12,602 – €17,328)
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
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials lower right: J.O
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 60.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012 (12MAR)
- Date
- March 22, 2012
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 123
- Estimate
- A$16,000 – A$22,000 (≈ $16,594 – $22,816) (≈ £10,502 – £14,440) (≈ €12,602 – €17,328)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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