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John Skelton (British, 1923–1999)
€3,800 hammer
≈ $4,137≈ £2,986
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower centre; with Oisín Gallery [Dublin] label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 19½ x 29½in. (49.53 x 74.93cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART (786)
- Date
- February 29, 2016
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- €1,800 – €2,200 (≈ $1,960 – $2,395) (≈ £1,414 – £1,729)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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EARLY LIGHT, INAGH VALLEY, CONNEMARA, 2001
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WESTERN COLLEEN, CONNEMARA, 1954
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