THE TENNIS PLAYERS
Oil · Canvas
Whyte's · Jun 6, 2022€11,000 ≈ $11,799 ≈ £9,395Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Whyte's
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CONTEMPLATION
George Russell (British, 1867–1935)
€5,400 hammer
≈ $7,417≈ £4,453
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in monogram lower left; titled on reverse; with handwritten label also on reverse [reads, A wedding present from a Mr Hogg to Rev. Geo. Townshend, 1981"]
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 21.25 by 32.25in., 53.125 by 80.625cm.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & British Art (766)
- Date
- February 24, 2014
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 29
- Estimate
- €5,000 – €7,000 (≈ $6,868 – $9,615) (≈ £4,123 – £5,772)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2013 and 2014 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Sep 30, 2013 · Whyte's
Important Art, lot 48
Bought in / unsold · est. €7,000 – €9,000
As catalogued
George Russell, “CONTEMPLATION”
oil on canvas
21.25 by 32.25in., 53.125 by 80.625cm.
Feb 24, 2014 · Whyte's this result
Irish & British Art, lot 29
Sold €5,400Sign up to see · est. €5,000 – €7,000
As catalogued
George Russell, “CONTEMPLATION”
oil on canvas
21.25 by 32.25in., 53.125 by 80.625cm.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 99%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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