Art sold
JOHN OLSEN 1928-2023 — (Cave Painting) (Wild Australia Series) (1971)
John Olsen painting
Attributes read from the catalogue text · provenance below
Estimate
A$5,000–8,000
Realised
A$6,136
Closed 8 Apr 2025, 00:00 View at the house ↗
Sydney
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What John Olsen makes at auction
257 comparable sales in our archive, real hammer prices that actually sold. The 5 most recent:
- Lawsons · 15 July 2026, 20:00 A$4,750
- Lawsons · 23 June 2026, 19:00 A$4,500
- Vickers & Hoad · 17 May 2026, 11:00 A$1,300
- Menzies Art Brands · 7 May 2026, 18:30 A$49,091
- Menzies Art Brands · 7 May 2026, 18:30 A$34,364
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History
- Lot first indexed15 June 2026, 10:09
Provenance
- Source
- Smith & Singer
- First seen
- 15 June 2026, 10:09
- Last seen
- 16 Aug 2026, 23:06
- Maker
- John Olsen · extracted from the listing
- Reference
- This page is the durable record · survives the house removing its listing
- Artifact hash
- 90cba9ba6db1 · integrity of the captured page
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