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Watercolor · Paper
Toomey & Co. · Feb 15, 2024$516 ≈ £411 ≈ €480Sign up free to see price
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The Cape
James Lechay (American, 1907–2001)
$524 price realized incl. premium
≈ £433≈ €497
Hammer $400 · with buyer’s premium $524
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache and graphite on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 22 h x 30⅜ w in (56 x 77 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition (auctions/2023/10/2021-art-the-chicago-edition)
- Date
- October 27, 2023
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 358
- Estimate
- $800 – — (≈ £660) (≈ €759)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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