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Leonard Joel · Aug 15, 2022A$5,500 ≈ $3,865 ≈ £3,199 ≈ €3,791Sign up free to see price
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Swordfish Reef
Michael Taylor (Australian, b. 1933) · 1979
A$8,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $6,184≈ £4,550≈ €5,451
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower left: TAYLOR/ 79; titled on stretcher bar verso
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 137 x 182.5cm
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- Important Works from the NAB Art Collection (LJ8563) (LJ8563)
- Date
- February 23, 2022
- Location
- 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141, Australia
- Lot
- 116
- Estimate
- A$2,000 – A$4,000 (≈ $1,455 – $2,910) (≈ £1,071 – £2,141) (≈ €1,283 – €2,565)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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