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Abstract Composition
Byron Browne (American, 1907–1961)
$4,375 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,375≈ €3,909
Hammer $3,500 · with buyer’s premium $4,375
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Pastels
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (23937)
- Date
- May 24, 2017
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 1
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,085 – £4,628) (≈ €3,574 – €5,360)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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