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Drawing (pencil) · Board
Bonhams · Mar 12, 2025$1,920 ≈ £1,483 ≈ €1,764Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Humoresque
John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) · 1915
$25,313 price realized incl. premium
≈ £18,781≈ €22,312
Hammer $20,000 · with buyer’s premium $25,313
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (26629)
- Date
- November 18, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 80
- Estimate
- $25,000 – $35,000 (≈ £18,549 – £25,968) (≈ €22,036 – €30,851)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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