Photo © Menzies — view this lot on Menzies ↗Outer Suburb of Melbourne Under Rain 1994, 1994
Oil · Linen
Menzies · Aug 27, 2026A$27,000 ≈ $19,413 ≈ £14,293 ≈ €16,671Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Above the Fields 1989-2000
Ken Whisson (Australian, 1927–2022) · 1989-2000
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$38,000 – A$48,000 (≈ $30,349 – $38,335) (≈ £18,373 – £23,208) (≈ €21,633 – €27,326)
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 linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed verso: Title: "ABOVE THE FIELDS"/ "Bomber Pilots",/ Grass and Sky/ Ken Whisson/ Perugia/ 11/6/89 + 31/7/89/ + (Decisive Attack)/ 10/8/98/ + Central Face re-done 25/12/99
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 119.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | June 2009 (09JUN)
- Date
- June 24, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- A$38,000 – A$48,000 (≈ $30,349 – $38,335) (≈ £18,373 – £23,208) (≈ €21,633 – €27,326)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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