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Gouache · Paper
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SAILOR
Gerard Dillon (Irish, 1916–1971)
€1,900 hammer
≈ $2,076≈ £1,619
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 14¼ x 9½in. (36.20 x 24.13cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (883)
- Date
- March 11, 2024
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- €2,000 – €3,000 (≈ $2,185 – $3,278) (≈ £1,704 – £2,556)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2007 and 2024 · sold 2
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Apr 30, 2007 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 22
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As catalogued
Gerard Dillon, “SAILOR”
watercolour
37 by 25cm., 14.5 by 9.75in.
Mar 11, 2024 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 43
Sold €1,900 −52%Sign up to see · est. €2,000 – €3,000
As catalogued
Gerard Dillon, “SAILOR”
watercolour
14¼ x 9½in. (36.20 x 24.13cm)
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