Photo © DuMouchelles — view this lot on DuMouchelles ↗Violet Dragon, 1973
Acrylic · Canvas
DuMouchelles · Apr 17, 2026$600 ≈ £443 ≈ €509Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Violet Dragon
David J. Rubello (American, b. 1935) · 1973
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £744 – £1,489) (≈ €856 – €1,712)
Offered at DuMouchelles and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “Acrylic on Canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- H 36" W 74"
- Auction house
- DuMouchelles
- Sale
- October 2025: Day Two (20631)
- Date
- October 17, 2025
- Location
- Detroit, United States
- Lot
- 1152
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £744 – £1,489) (≈ €856 – €1,712)
- Source
- Auction house live.dumoart.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2025 and 2026 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Oct 17, 2025 · DuMouchelles this result
October 2025: Day Two, lot 1152
Bought in / unsold · est. $1,000 – $2,000
As catalogued
David J. Rubello, “Violet Dragon”, 1973
Acrylic on Canvas
H 36" W 74"
Apr 17, 2026 · DuMouchelles
April 2026: Day Two, lot 1136
Sold $600Sign up to see · est. $800 – $1,500
As catalogued
David J. Rubello, “Violet Dragon”, 1973
Acrylic on Canvas
H 36" W 74"
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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