Half Dome, Yosemite, California

James Smillie (American, 1807–1885) · 1871

$625 price realized incl. premium

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Hammer $500 · with buyer’s premium $625

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Medium: Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “gouache and watercolor”
Signed / inscribed: Signed with conjoined initials
Category: Gouaches
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in
Auction house: Bonhams
Sale: Period Art & Design (21777)
Date: October 12, 2014
Location: San Francisco, United States
Lot: 4061
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £932 – £1,554) (≈ €1,187 – €1,978)
Source: Auction house bonhams.com ↗
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice in 2014 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

Aug 24, 2014 · Bonhams
Period Art & Design, lot 3056
Bought in / unsold · est. $2,000 – $3,000
As catalogued
James Smillie, “Half Dome, Yosemite, California”, 1871
gouache and watercolor
9 1/2 x 13 1/2in
Oct 12, 2014 · Bonhams this result
Period Art & Design, lot 4061
Sold $625Sign up to see · est. $1,500 – $2,500
As catalogued
James Smillie, “Half Dome, Yosemite, California”, 1871
gouache and watercolor
9 1/2 x 13 1/2in

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