Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Youth and Antiquity, 1961
Watercolor · Board
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jun 18, 2026$3,840 ≈ £2,903 ≈ €3,350Sign up free to see price
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Untitled
John Lear (1910–2008)
$5,715 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,271≈ €4,872
Hammer $4,500 · with buyer’s premium $5,715
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 15¾ h x 19½ w in (40 x 50 cm)
- Auction house
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
- Sale
- Loud & Proud: LGBTQ+ Art (auctions/2025/12/loud-proud-lgbtq-art)
- Date
- December 12, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Lot
- 115
- Estimate
- $2,400 – — (≈ £1,794) (≈ €2,046)
- Source
- Auction house lamodern.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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