Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Jonah's Journey Across the Sea, 1967
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$4,000 ≈ $2,611 ≈ £1,976 ≈ €2,257Sign up free to see price
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Boy with Rabbit in a Wheatfield 1981
John Perceval (Australian, 1923–2000) · 1981
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$8,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $8,159 – $12,239) (≈ £5,177 – £7,765) (≈ €6,423 – €9,634)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left: Perceval; signed and dated verso: 1981/ finished/ Perceval
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 28.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2012 (12JUN)
- Date
- June 20, 2012
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 94
- Estimate
- A$8,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $8,159 – $12,239) (≈ £5,177 – £7,765) (≈ €6,423 – €9,634)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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