Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Creek at Lake Macquarie, c.1949
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Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$15,000 ≈ $10,473 ≈ £7,919 ≈ €9,294Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Study for Carnival
William Dobell (Australian, 1899–1970)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$12,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $8,386 – $10,482) (≈ £5,744 – £7,180) (≈ €6,214 – €7,768)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 25.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009 (09MAR)
- Date
- March 25, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 83
- Estimate
- A$12,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $8,386 – $10,482) (≈ £5,744 – £7,180) (≈ €6,214 – €7,768)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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