THE TÁIN COLLECTION
Multiple · ed. edition of 9
Whyte's · May 21, 2012€245,000 ≈ $312,375 ≈ £197,843Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Whyte's
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GIRL READING
James Mac Carthy (b. 1945) · 1986
€900 hammer
≈ $1,148≈ £727
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze with green patina on wooden base (no. 3 from an edition of 6)”
- Edition
- edition of 6
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed [MAC] and numbered on seat
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 10 by 5 by 5in., 25.4 by 12.7 by 12.7cm.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (754)
- Date
- May 21, 2012
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 23
- Estimate
- €400 – €600 (≈ $510 – $765) (≈ £323 – £485)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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