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The Ballet Dancer at Rest
Robert Dickerson (Australian, 1924–2015)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$16,000 – A$22,000 (≈ $12,778 – $17,570) (≈ £7,736 – £10,637) (≈ €9,109 – €12,524)
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: DICKERSON; inscribed verso: The Ballet Dancer at Rest/ R Dickerson
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 46.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | June 2009 (09JUN)
- Date
- June 24, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 68
- Estimate
- A$16,000 – A$22,000 (≈ $12,778 – $17,570) (≈ £7,736 – £10,637) (≈ €9,109 – €12,524)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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