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Oil · Board
Smith & Singer · May 2, 2023A$441,818 ≈ $295,921 ≈ £237,135 ≈ €269,878Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Non-Objective Painting (1956)
Ralph Balson (Australian, 1890–1964) · 1956
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$20,000 – A$30,000 (≈ $14,746 – $22,119) (≈ £10,206 – £15,308) (≈ €12,925 – €19,387)
Offered at Smith & Singer 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 composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'R Balson' lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 68.5 x 76.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Art (AU0806)
- Date
- May 11, 2016
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 173
- Estimate
- A$20,000 – A$30,000 (≈ $14,746 – $22,119) (≈ £10,206 – £15,308) (≈ €12,925 – €19,387)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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