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Acrylic · Linen
Davidson Auctions · Aug 17, 2025A$1,000 ≈ $651 ≈ £480 ≈ €558Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Contemplation
Tim Johnson (Australian, b. 1947) · 1994
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$2,000 – A$4,000 (≈ $1,282 – $2,565) (≈ £959 – £1,917) (≈ €1,146 – €2,291)
Offered at Davidson Auctions and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “Acrylic on Linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated verso
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 89x59cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 195) (195)
- Date
- May 18, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 156
- Estimate
- A$2,000 – A$4,000 (≈ $1,282 – $2,565) (≈ £959 – £1,917) (≈ €1,146 – €2,291)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 18, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 195), lot 156
Bought in / unsold · est. A$2,000 – A$4,000
As catalogued
Tim Johnson, “Contemplation”, 1994
Acrylic on Linen
89x59cm
Aug 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 198), lot 52
Sold A$1,000Sign up to see · est. A$1,000 – A$2,000
As catalogued
Tim Johnson, “Contemplation”, 1994
Acrylic on Linen
89x59cm
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