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Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗The Owl and the Pussycat, Charlie Chaplin, and Other Stories, 1951
Sculpture · Board
Leonard Joel · Jun 30, 2026A$15,000 ≈ $10,331 ≈ £7,814 ≈ €9,067Sign up free to see price![[Angel] Touching Toes by John Perceval, 1961, Oil on Paper, sold Nov 2025](/img/lot/cmuhj4gpzls59a6tcnyom/small)
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[Angel] Touching Toes
John Perceval (Australian, 1923–2000) · 1961
A$1,200 hammer
≈ $783≈ £593≈ €677
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “Oil on Paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 68x43cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201) (201)
- Date
- November 29, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 25
- Estimate
- A$1,500 – A$3,000 (≈ $979 – $1,958) (≈ £741 – £1,482) (≈ €846 – €1,693)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Oct 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 200), lot 44
Bought in / unsold · est. A$2,000 – A$3,000
As catalogued
John Perceval, “[Angel] Touching Toes”, 1961
Oil on Paper
68x43cm
Nov 29, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201), lot 25
Sold A$1,200Sign up to see · est. A$1,500 – A$3,000
As catalogued
John Perceval, “[Angel] Touching Toes”, 1961
Oil on Paper
68x43cm
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