Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Creek at Lake Macquarie, c.1949
Oil · Board
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(Nude Boy)
William Dobell (Australian, 1899–1970)
A$3,172 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,424≈ £1,984≈ €2,229
Hammer A$2,600 · with buyer’s premium A$3,172
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- Medium
- Drawing (crayon) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “crayon on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'W Dobell' lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 33 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0810)
- Date
- October 25, 2016
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 208
- Estimate
- A$1,200 – A$1,800 (≈ $917 – $1,375) (≈ £751 – £1,126) (≈ €843 – €1,265)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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