Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Michael and I are Just Slipping Down to the Pub for a Minute (1992), 1992
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Auction result
Reflective Pool
Lin Onus (Australian, 1948–1996)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $8,999 – $13,499) (≈ £5,497 – £8,246) (≈ €6,181 – €9,271)
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 canvas on board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Lin Onus
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 51.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | December 2009 (09DEC)
- Date
- December 16, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 89
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $8,999 – $13,499) (≈ £5,497 – £8,246) (≈ €6,181 – €9,271)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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