Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Rudy Komon at 70, 1978
Etching · ed. etching, ed. 29/50
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Penguin and Chicken
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023)
A$900 price realized incl. premium
≈ $649≈ £442≈ €581
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching 5/40”
- Edition
- etching 5/40
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 28 x 25cm
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- Specialist Prints & Photography (LJ8141) (LJ8141)
- Date
- May 26, 2016
- Location
- 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Australia
- Lot
- 3053
- Estimate
- A$1,000 – A$1,500 (≈ $721 – $1,082) (≈ £491 – £736) (≈ €646 – €969)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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