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FUSHCIA
Desmond Hickey (1937–2007)
€400 hammer
≈ $535≈ £343
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left; with title and artist's address [Duleek, Co. Meath] on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Art for Christmas (751)
- Date
- December 11, 2011
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 267
- Estimate
- €400 – €600 (≈ $535 – $803) (≈ £343 – £514)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2011 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 30, 2011 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 176
Bought in / unsold · est. €600 – €800
As catalogued
Desmond Hickey, “FUSHCIA”
oil on board
25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
Dec 11, 2011 · Whyte's this result
Art for Christmas, lot 267
Sold €400Sign up to see · est. €400 – €600
As catalogued
Desmond Hickey, “FUSHCIA”
oil on board
25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 89%). 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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