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Smith & Singer · Aug 25, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Mask 1980
Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917–1992) · 1980
A$56,455 price realized incl. premium
≈ $58,549≈ £37,054≈ €44,467
Hammer A$46,000 · with buyer’s premium A$56,455
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: Nolan 1980; inscribed lower left: Such is Life; signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso: MASK NOLAN 1-1-1980
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 101.5 x 75.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012 (12MAR)
- Date
- March 22, 2012
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 19
- Estimate
- A$50,000 – A$70,000 (≈ $51,855 – $72,597) (≈ £32,818 – £45,945) (≈ €39,383 – €55,136)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2012 and 2023 · sold 2
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Mar 22, 2012 · Menzies this result
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2012, lot 19
Sold A$56,455Sign up to see · est. A$50,000 – A$70,000
As catalogued
Sidney Nolan, “Mask 1980”, 1980
oil on canvas
101.5 x 75.5 cm
Dec 4, 2023 · Leonard Joel
The Art Collector (LJ8705), lot 13
Sold A$36,000 −36%Sign up to see · est. A$40,000 – A$60,000
As catalogued
Sidney Nolan, “Mask”, 1980
oil on canvas
101 x 76cm (135 x 109cm framed)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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