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The Drawing Lesson
Joseph Athanase Aufray (French, 1836–1885)
$1,512 hammer plus premium ($1,200 + $312 premium)
≈ £1,115≈ €1,295
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 14 x 18 in
- Auction house
- Helmuth Stone Gallery
- Sale
- Modern, Fine Art, Glass, Antique Auction (383721)
- Date
- August 17, 2025
- Location
- Sarasota, Florida, United States
- Lot
- 153
- Estimate
- $1,200 – $2,500 (≈ £885 – £1,844) (≈ €1,028 – €2,142)
- Source
- Auction house helmuthstone.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Jun 22, 2025 · Helmuth Stone Gallery
June 22 Fine Art, Art Glass & Antiques, lot 206
Bought in / unsold · est. $2,000 – $2,500
As catalogued
Joseph Athanase Aufray, “The Drawing Lesson”
Oil on Board
14 x 18 in
Aug 17, 2025 · Helmuth Stone Gallery this result
Modern, Fine Art, Glass, Antique Auction, lot 153
Sold $1,512Sign up to see · est. $1,200 – $2,500
As catalogued
Joseph Athanase Aufray, “The Drawing Lesson”
Oil on Board
14 x 18 in
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