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NET AND ROPEMAKING
John Luke (Irish, 1906–1975) · 1935
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Offered at Whyte's 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: “pen and ink over pencil on tracing paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; inscribed with title lower left
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 11 by 25cm., 4.5 by 10in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Art for Christmas (729)
- Date
- December 6, 2008
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 20
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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