Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Underwood St Paddington, 1963
Gouache
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Auction result
Reflections 1972
Margaret Olley (Australian, 1923–2011) · 1972
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$30,000 – A$40,000 (≈ $29,359 – $39,145) (≈ £19,375 – £25,833) (≈ €22,819 – €30,425)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: Olley 72; inscribed verso: 'REFLECTIONS'
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 61.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2013 (13MAR)
- Date
- May 21, 2013
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 67
- Estimate
- A$30,000 – A$40,000 (≈ $29,359 – $39,145) (≈ £19,375 – £25,833) (≈ €22,819 – €30,425)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2013 and 2014 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Catalogue details differ between appearances (dimensions, medium description). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.
May 21, 2013 · Menzies this result
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2013, lot 67
Bought in / unsold · est. A$30,000 – A$40,000
As catalogued
Margaret Olley, “Reflections 1972”, 1972
oil on board
53.0 x 61.0 cm
May 13, 2014 · Smith & Singer
Important Australian Art, lot 75
Bought in / unsold · est. A$22,000 – A$28,000
As catalogued
Margaret Olley, “Reflections 1972”, 1972
oil on composition board
53.5 x 61 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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