Lot 226 · Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE
Soldier rolling a cigarette (sheet size)
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- Estimate
- A$4,000–A$6,000 hammer ≈ $2,716–$4,074
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE, Sydney, Woollahra · 22 September 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-723200
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Russell Drysdale, Soldier rolling a cigarette (sheet size). Bonhams, 22 Sep 2019, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-723200.
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Russell Drysdale, Soldier rolling a cigarette (sheet size). Bonhams, 22 Sep 2019, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-723200.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Day of Genesis, 1964 | Leonard French | A$12,000–A$18,000 | |
| Untitled, 1956 | John Richard Passmore | A$15,000–A$20,000 | |
| Untitled, 1956 | John Richard Passmore | A$15,000–A$20,000 | |
| Woolloomooloo | Elaine Haxton | A$8,000–A$12,000 | |
| St Francis with a Ram, 1965 | Arthur Boyd | A$20,000–A$30,000 | |
| Diana Sleeping, 1965 | Arthur Boyd | A$20,000–A$30,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Drysdale | Soldiers applying a Bandage (sheet size) | $6,213 | Bonhams, Sep 2019 | |
| Russell Drysdale | Man and Woman | Sotheby's, Aug 2007 | ||
| Russell Drysdale | The Soldier, c.1944 | Bonhams, Nov 2016 | ||
| Russell Drysdale | Study for Home Town, 1943 | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Russell Drysdale | black mountain in cooktown | Sotheby's, Nov 2009 | ||
| Sidney Nolan | Kelly and Horse, 1961 | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Russell Drysdale | The Embrace, 1937 | Bonhams, Nov 2016 | ||
| Russell Drysdale | Dead Bullock bogged in Anabranch (sheet size) | Bonhams, Sep 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.