Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Underwood St Paddington, 1963
Gouache
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$4,250 ≈ $2,967 ≈ £2,244 ≈ €2,648Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Chinese New Year
Margaret Olley (Australian, 1923–2011)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$6,000 – A$8,000 (≈ $6,119 – $8,159) (≈ £3,882 – £5,177) (≈ €4,817 – €6,423)
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
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left: Olley
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 50.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2012 (12JUN)
- Date
- June 20, 2012
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 115
- Estimate
- A$6,000 – A$8,000 (≈ $6,119 – $8,159) (≈ £3,882 – £5,177) (≈ €4,817 – €6,423)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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