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Auction result
Earth Ground
Michael Johnson (American, 1938–2019)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$40,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $31,946 – $39,933) (≈ £19,340 – £24,175) (≈ €22,771 – €28,464)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed on stretcher verso: 'EARTH GROUND'
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 183.0 x 152.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | June 2009 (09JUN)
- Date
- June 24, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 52
- Estimate
- A$40,000 – A$50,000 (≈ $31,946 – $39,933) (≈ £19,340 – £24,175) (≈ €22,771 – €28,464)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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