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THE LESSON
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (British, 1856–1918)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish Art (690)
- Date
- November 19, 2002
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 216
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2002 and 2007 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Nov 19, 2002 · Whyte's this result
Irish Art, lot 216
Bought in / unsold
As catalogued
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, “THE LESSON”
oil on canvas
51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
May 26, 2007 · Whyte's
Summer Sale of Art & Literature, lot 216
Bought in / unsold
As catalogued
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, “THE LESSON”
oil on canvas
51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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