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Drying the crocodile
Gilbert Adrian (American, 1903–1959)
$1,280 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,030≈ €1,230
Hammer $1,000 · with buyer’s premium $1,280
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 12 x 15 7/8in (30.5 x 40.2cm); framed 18 1/4 x 22in (46.5 x 56cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Home & Interiors: Fine Art: Featuring the Collection of Leonard Stanley (31266)
- Date
- January 30, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 227
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $4,000 (≈ £1,609 – £3,218) (≈ €1,923 – €3,845)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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