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Oil · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Aug 20, 2024$3,024 ≈ £2,324 ≈ €2,728Sign up free to see price
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Party in Purgatory
Guy Johnson (American, 1927–2019) · 1989
$3,024 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,349≈ €2,786
Hammer $2,400 · with buyer’s premium $3,024
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil on paper on aluminum”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 23 h x 31½ w in (58 x 80 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition (auctions/2024/07/2021-art-the-chicago-edition)
- Date
- July 11, 2024
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 212
- Estimate
- $2,000 – — (≈ £1,553) (≈ €1,842)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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