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After the Bushfire 1957
John Perceval (Australian, 1923–2000) · 1957
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A$66,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $46,121≈ £31,590≈ €34,179
Hammer A$55,000 · with buyer’s premium A$66,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower centre: Perceval/ 57
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 91.5 x 60.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009 (09MAR)
- Date
- March 25, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 48
- Estimate
- A$60,000 – A$80,000 (≈ $41,929 – $55,905) (≈ £28,718 – £38,291) (≈ €31,072 – €41,429)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2009 and 2019 · sold 2
Mar 25, 2009 · Menzies this result
Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009, lot 48
Sold A$66,000Sign up to see · est. A$60,000 – A$80,000
As catalogued
John Perceval, “After the Bushfire 1957”, 1957
oil on composition board
91.5 x 60.5 cm
Jun 27, 2019 · Menzies
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | June 2019, lot 24
Sold A$52,773 −20%Sign up to see · est. A$45,000 – A$65,000
As catalogued
John Perceval, “After the Bushfire 1957”, 1957
oil on composition board
91.5 x 60.5 cm
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Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009 · Menzies · Mar 25, 2009
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