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Mixed media · Board
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Auction result
Delayed Drop 1974
Louis James (Australian, 1920–1996) · 1974
A$4,664 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,564≈ £3,012≈ €3,548
Hammer A$3,800 · with buyer’s premium A$4,664
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Louis James; signed, dated and inscribed verso: D28/ 'DELAYED DROP'/ Louis James 74/ oil/ (wax varnish on surface)
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 100.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2013 (13MAR)
- Date
- May 21, 2013
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 82
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $3,915 – $5,872) (≈ £2,583 – £3,875) (≈ €3,043 – €4,564)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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