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Photograph
Smith & Singer · May 28, 2013A$231,800 ≈ $224,563 ≈ £148,452 ≈ €173,569Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
SITTING MAN (1972)
Wally Mandarrk (Guinean, 1915–1987) · 1972
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,906 – $4,844) (≈ £1,921 – £3,202) (≈ €2,246 – €3,744)
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
- Drawing · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark”
- Category
- Drawings
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art | Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art (AU0777)
- Date
- May 28, 2013
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 77
- Estimate
- A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,906 – $4,844) (≈ £1,921 – £3,202) (≈ €2,246 – €3,744)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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