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Oil · Panel
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Auction result
Man on Dock
John Lear (1910–2008) · 1984
$1,890 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,519≈ €1,748
Hammer $1,500 · with buyer’s premium $1,890
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “graphite on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 11 h x 13¼ w in (28 x 34 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- American & European Art (auctions/2023/05/american-european-art)
- Date
- May 18, 2023
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 643
- Estimate
- $700 – — (≈ £563) (≈ €647)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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