Photo © Smith & Singer — view this lot on Smith & Singer ↗Miner 1972, 1972
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Smith & Singer · Aug 25, 2026A$24,545 ≈ $17,558 ≈ £12,880 ≈ €15,056Sign up free to see price
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Moonlight 1980
Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917–1992) · 1980
A$170,727 price realized incl. premium
≈ $179,417≈ £112,304≈ €126,243
Hammer A$140,000 · with buyer’s premium A$170,727
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Nolan; inscribed verso: Moonlight/ Nolan/ 1980
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 120.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2011 (11JUN)
- Date
- June 23, 2011
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 35
- Estimate
- A$140,000 – A$180,000 (≈ $147,126 – $189,162) (≈ £92,092 – £118,404) (≈ €103,522 – €133,100)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2011 and 2021 · sold 2
Jun 23, 2011 · Menzies this result
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2011, lot 35
Sold A$170,727Sign up to see · est. A$140,000 – A$180,000
As catalogued
Sidney Nolan, “Moonlight 1980”, 1980
oil on board
90.0 x 120.0 cm
Mar 31, 2021 · Menzies
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | March 2021, lot 28
Sold A$220,909 +29%Sign up to see · est. A$180,000 – A$250,000
As catalogued
Sidney Nolan, “Moonlight 1980”, 1980
oil on board
90.0 x 120.0 cm
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