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
Vase
John Olsen (Australian, 1928–2023)
A$2,928 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,749≈ £1,622≈ €2,047
Hammer A$2,400 · with buyer’s premium A$2,928
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “ceramic”
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed 'the / Octopus, / while summer / moonshine / streams / into the trap, enjoys its fleeting / dreams / - Bas / 25'
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 27 x 27 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0789)
- Date
- July 29, 2014
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 213
- Estimate
- A$1,500 – A$2,500 (≈ $1,408 – $2,347) (≈ £831 – £1,385) (≈ €1,049 – €1,748)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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