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Joshua Smith (Australian, 1905–1995) · 2009
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £2,887 – £4,330) (≈ €3,674 – €5,511)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now Day Sale (NY010116)
- Date
- February 29, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 277
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £2,887 – £4,330) (≈ €3,674 – €5,511)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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