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Acrylic · Canvas
Clarke Auction Gallery · Sep 11, 2022$2,400 ≈ £2,051 ≈ €2,363Sign up free to see price
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White Totem
George Earl Ortman (American, 1926–2015) · 1964
$6,875 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,240≈ €5,340
Hammer $5,500 · with buyer’s premium $6,875
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “lacquered wood, acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 41 h x 13½ w x 6½ d in (104 x 34 x 17 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2012/09/living-contemporary)
- Date
- September 27, 2012
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 113
- Estimate
- $3,000 – — (≈ £1,850) (≈ €2,330)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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