Tatooed Boy Playing the Whistle

Will Hickok Low (American, 1853–1932)

$230 price realized incl. premium

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Medium: Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →
As published: “Watercolor sketch shows a nude boy covered in tatoos playing a horn shaped whistle under a tree near water”
Signed / inscribed: Signed below
Category: Watercolors
Dimensions: Sight: 13" x 9-3/4"
Auction house: James D. Julia
Sale: 2 (2-day-winter-antiques-fine-art-auction/?session=1)
Date: February 4, 2010
Location: Fairfield, Maine
Lot: 1341
Estimate: $400 – $800 (≈ £252 – £504) (≈ €289 – €578)
Source: Auction house jamesdjulia.com ↗
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2009 and 2010 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

Aug 26, 2009 · James D. Julia
Annual End of the Summer Spectacular Maine Auction <br> Totals $3.1 Million!, lot 2475
Bought in / unsold · est. $500 – $1,000
As catalogued
Will Hickok Low, “Tatooed Boy Playing the Whistle”
Watercolor sketch shows a nude boy covered in tatoos playing a horn shaped whistle under a tree near water
Sight: 13" x 9-3/4"
Feb 4, 2010 · James D. Julia this result
2, lot 1341
Sold $230Sign up to see · est. $400 – $800
As catalogued
Will Hickok Low, “Tatooed Boy Playing the Whistle”
Watercolor sketch shows a nude boy covered in tatoos playing a horn shaped whistle under a tree near water
Sight: 13" x 9-3/4"

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