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Desert Shadows
Emil Kosa Jr. (American, 1903–1968)
$7,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,028≈ €7,065
Hammer $6,000 · with buyer’s premium $7,500
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on masonite”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 32in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and Western Paintings and Sculpture (23852)
- Date
- April 11, 2017
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 98
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £4,019 – £5,627) (≈ €4,710 – €6,594)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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