Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Underwood St Paddington, 1963
Gouache
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Hydrangeas
Margaret Olley (Australian, 1923–2011) · c.1958
A$28,000 hammer
≈ $18,514≈ £14,525≈ €17,075
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas on Ply”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Label verso for Macquarie Galleries, Bligh Street, Sydney, with hand-written date of 1958; board also inscribed with title and artist's address (Morry Street, Hill End, Brisbane). See image
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 44x36.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 181) (181)
- Date
- May 26, 2024
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- A$12,000 – A$18,000 (≈ $7,935 – $11,902) (≈ £6,225 – £9,338) (≈ €7,318 – €10,977)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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