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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Drummer
Ken Whisson (Australian, 1927–2022) · c.1973
A$85,909 price realized incl. premium
≈ $61,909≈ £45,679≈ €54,583
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed with title on handwritten label verso: KEN WHISSON / “DRUMMER” / ABOUT 1973 inscribed verso: DRUMMER ABOUT 1973 / CHERELLE / HUTCHIN
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 85.0 x 108.5 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Highlights from the National Australia Bank Art Collection (67-national-australia-bank-collection)
- Date
- February 22, 2022
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 33
- Estimate
- A$25,000 – A$35,000 (≈ $18,016 – $25,222) (≈ £13,293 – £18,610) (≈ €15,884 – €22,238)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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