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HAPPY FISH
J.P. Donleavy (American, 1926–2017)
€1,800 hammer
≈ $2,419≈ £1,220
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour with pen and ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left; original gallery label on reverse
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 27 by 37cm., 10.5 by 14.5in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Summer Sale of Art & Literature (720)
- Date
- May 26, 2007
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 12
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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