Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Looking at Wildlife, 1975
Lithograph · ed. 12/25
Davidson Auctions · Oct 12, 2026A$550 ≈ $384 ≈ £290 ≈ €342Sign up free to see price
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Paul Klee's Statement 1991
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023) · 1991
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Estimate A$35,000 – A$45,000 (≈ $23,680 – $30,446) (≈ £19,287 – £24,797) (≈ €21,326 – €27,419)
Offered at Smith & Singer and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Inscribed ' - 'All art is a moment of / Age old things - dark things whose fragments / live on in an artist 'said Paul Klee' lower left; signed and dated 'John Olsen 91' lower right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 100 x 95 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0837)
- Date
- August 27, 2019
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 49
- Estimate
- A$35,000 – A$45,000 (≈ $23,680 – $30,446) (≈ £19,287 – £24,797) (≈ €21,326 – €27,419)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2019 and 2024 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Aug 27, 2019 · Smith & Singer this result
Important Australian Art, lot 49
Bought in / unsold · est. A$35,000 – A$45,000
As catalogued
John Olsen, “Paul Klee's Statement 1991”, 1991
watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper
100 x 95 cm
Aug 21, 2024 · Smith & Singer
Important Australian Art, lot 40
Bought in / unsold · est. A$35,000 – A$45,000
As catalogued
John Olsen, “Paul Klee's Statement 1991”, 1991
watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper
100 x 95 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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