Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Constructive Painting 1948, 1948
Oil · Board
Smith & Singer · Aug 19, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Constructive Painting
Ralph Balson (Australian, 1890–1964) · 1953
A$137,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ $99,310≈ £77,665≈ €88,010
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed verso: Balson
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 70.0 x 91.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian and International Fine Art (56-important-australian-and-international-fine-art)
- Date
- November 28, 2018
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 19
- Estimate
- A$150,000 – A$200,000 (≈ $108,536 – $144,714) (≈ £84,880 – £113,173) (≈ €96,185 – €128,247)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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