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THREE HEADS (I)
Basil Blackshaw (British, 1932–2016) · 1985
€2,800 hammer
≈ $3,413≈ £2,519
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and with Tom Caldwell Galleries label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 17¾ x 13¾in. (45.09 x 34.93cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- THE CHRISTMAS SALE OF ART & COLLECTIBLES (854)
- Date
- December 16, 2020
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 84
- Estimate
- €3,000 – €5,000 (≈ $3,657 – $6,095) (≈ £2,698 – £4,497)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2020 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Mar 9, 2020 · Whyte's
Irish & International Art, lot 76
Bought in / unsold · est. €5,000 – €7,000
As catalogued
Basil Blackshaw, “THREE HEADS (I)”, 1985
oil on canvas
17¾ x 13¾in. (45.09 x 34.93cm)
Dec 16, 2020 · Whyte's this result
THE CHRISTMAS SALE OF ART & COLLECTIBLES, lot 84
Sold €2,800Sign up to see · est. €3,000 – €5,000
As catalogued
Basil Blackshaw, “THREE HEADS (I)”, 1985
oil on canvas
17¾ x 13¾in. (45.09 x 34.93cm)
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