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Acrylic · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · May 22, 2022A$3,000 ≈ $2,118 ≈ £1,699 ≈ €2,003Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Desert Soak
Ken Johnson (b. 1950) · 1989
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $2,823 – $4,234) (≈ £2,129 – £3,194) (≈ €2,500 – €3,750)
Offered at Davidson Auctions and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “Acrylic on Canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 152x243cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 153) (153)
- Date
- December 5, 2021
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 39
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $2,823 – $4,234) (≈ £2,129 – £3,194) (≈ €2,500 – €3,750)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2021 and 2022 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Dec 5, 2021 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 153), lot 39
Bought in / unsold · est. A$4,000 – A$6,000
As catalogued
Ken Johnson, “Desert Soak”, 1989
Acrylic on Canvas
152x243cm
May 22, 2022 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 155), lot 117
Sold A$3,000Sign up to see · est. A$3,000 – A$5,000
As catalogued
Ken Johnson, “Desert Soak”, 1989
Acrylic on Canvas
152x243cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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