Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Study for the Bathers
Drawing (ink) · Paper
Leonard Joel · Jun 3, 2025A$450 ≈ $290 ≈ £215 ≈ €255Sign up free to see price
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The Argument
John Passmore (Australian, 1904–1984) · c.1953
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A$30,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $24,203≈ £18,736≈ €20,312
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and inscribed with title on label verso: The Argument / J. Passmore
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 36.5 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC (50-estate-late-james-o-fairfax-ac)
- Date
- August 30, 2017
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 41
- Estimate
- A$12,000 – A$18,000 (≈ $9,523 – $14,284) (≈ £7,372 – £11,057) (≈ €7,991 – €11,987)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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Deutscher and Hackett · Sep 17, 2024A$11,782 ≈ $7,967 ≈ £6,028 ≈ €7,153Sign up free to see price
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