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Sketch for refugee
Gavin Maxwell (Scottish, 1914–1969)
£1,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,136≈ €1,873
Hammer £1,250 · with buyer’s premium £1,600
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 76 x 50cm (29 15/16 x 19 11/16in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- The Contents of Monreith House - A Historical Seat of Clan Maxwell Part I (32582)
- Date
- July 8, 2026
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 131
- Estimate
- £500 – £700 (≈ $667 – $934) (≈ €585 – €819)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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