Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Delilah, 1998
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Sitting Down the Back 2001
Peter Churcher (Australian, b. 1964) · 2001
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$4,500 – A$6,500 (≈ $4,610 – $6,659) (≈ £2,920 – £4,217) (≈ €3,358 – €4,850)
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
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: P Churcher 2001
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 84.0 x 73.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | September 2011 (11SEP)
- Date
- September 14, 2011
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 105
- Estimate
- A$4,500 – A$6,500 (≈ $4,610 – $6,659) (≈ £2,920 – £4,217) (≈ €3,358 – €4,850)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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