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Surrealist composition
Desmond Morris (British, 1928–2026)
£400 hammer
≈ $525≈ €453
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Works on paper all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and dated '22
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 41cm
- Auction house
- John Nicholson's
- Sale
- An Auction of Fine Paintings (srjo10535)
- Date
- November 12, 2025
- Location
- Haslemere, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 318
- Estimate
- £300 – £400 (≈ $394 – $525) (≈ €340 – €453)
- Source
- Auction house bid.johnnicholsons.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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