Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Creek at Lake Macquarie, c.1949
Oil · Board
Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$15,000 ≈ $10,473 ≈ £7,919 ≈ €9,294Sign up free to see price
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(Seated Woman)
William Dobell (Australian, 1899–1970)
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A$29,280 price realized incl. premium
≈ $21,875≈ £16,917≈ €20,034
Hammer A$24,000 · with buyer’s premium A$29,280
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'W DOBELL' lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 27 x 19 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Important Australian Art (AU0813B)
- Date
- May 3, 2017
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 70
- Estimate
- A$18,000 – A$25,000 (≈ $13,448 – $18,678) (≈ £10,400 – £14,444) (≈ €12,316 – €17,106)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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