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Baby Giraffe
John Kearney (American, 1924–2014)
$5,080 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,775≈ €4,414
Hammer $4,000 · with buyer’s premium $5,080
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “welded found steel objects”
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 64½ h x 32½ w x 17 d in (164 x 83 x 43 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Elevated: Art Via Chicago (auctions/2025/06/elevated-art-via-chicago)
- Date
- June 18, 2025
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 142
- Estimate
- $2,000 – — (≈ £1,486) (≈ €1,738)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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