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Pastel
Davidson Auctions · May 22, 2022A$425 ≈ $300 ≈ £239 ≈ €284Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Model Reading
Peter Churcher (Australian, b. 1964) · 1995
$3,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,824≈ €2,676
Hammer $3,000 · with buyer’s premium $3,600
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 22in (61 x 56cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art/Made in California (15222)
- Date
- May 22, 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 188
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £2,534 – £3,547) (≈ €3,716 – €5,203)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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