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CLARE RAINS
Brian Bourke (Irish, b. 1936) · 1976
€1,800 hammer
≈ $2,147≈ £1,552
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas laid on board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 29¼ x 21¼in. (74.30 x 53.98cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART (856)
- Date
- March 22, 2021
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 45
- Estimate
- €2,000 – €3,000 (≈ $2,385 – $3,578) (≈ £1,725 – £2,587)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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