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Auction result
Backstage.
Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $600 – $900 (≈ £374 – £561) (≈ €460 – €690)
Offered at Clarke Auction Gallery and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “Ink Drawing "Backstage." Signed lower left”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- sight - 11.5" high x 9" wide
- Auction house
- Clarke Auction Gallery
- Sale
- Clarke Auction Gallery sale, 2012-10-21 (148)
- Date
- October 21, 2012
- Location
- Larchmont, New York, United States
- Lot
- 37
- Estimate
- $600 – $900 (≈ £374 – £561) (≈ €460 – €690)
- Source
- Auction house clarkeny.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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