Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled, 1938
Mixed media · Board
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Aug 21, 2026$4,655 ≈ £3,409 ≈ €3,979Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Ode to Sibyl
Emerson Woelffer (American, 1914–2003) · 1959
$10,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,440≈ €8,490
Hammer $8,000 · with buyer’s premium $10,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and collage on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 19¾ h x 15¾ w in (50 x 40 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20th Century Art (auctions/2017/09/20th-century-art)
- Date
- September 28, 2017
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 130
- Estimate
- $5,000 – — (≈ £3,720) (≈ €4,245)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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