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TWO FIGURES HOLDING CANDLES
Basil Rakoczi (British, 1908–1979)
€7,000 hammer
≈ $7,608≈ £6,005
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; signed again on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30½ x 50in. (77.47 x 127cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (880)
- Date
- December 4, 2023
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 41
- Estimate
- €4,000 – €6,000 (≈ $4,347 – $6,521) (≈ £3,432 – £5,147)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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