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Mixed media · Paper
Davidson Auctions · Jul 26, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Thursday Bones
Ken Johnson (b. 1950) · 1974
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$300 – A$500 (≈ $197 – $328) (≈ £157 – £261) (≈ €180 – €301)
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
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 90x105cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 174) (174)
- Date
- November 25, 2023
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 231
- Estimate
- A$300 – A$500 (≈ $197 – $328) (≈ £157 – £261) (≈ €180 – €301)
- 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 2023 and 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Nov 25, 2023 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 174), lot 231
Bought in / unsold · est. A$300 – A$500
As catalogued
Ken Johnson, “Thursday Bones”, 1974
Oil on Board
90x105cm
Mar 9, 2024 · Davidson Auctions
Estate & Collector I - Pictures & Tribal (Sale 177), lot 161
Sold A$60Sign up to see · est. A$150 – A$300
As catalogued
Ken Johnson, “Thursday Bones”, 1974
Oil on Board
90x105cm
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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