Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Girl and Bird, 1954
Other · Board
Wright · Oct 13, 2026$12,800 ≈ £9,663 ≈ €11,441Sign up free to see price
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Boy with Small Owl
Karl Priebe (American, 1914–1976) · 1971
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$1,024 price realized incl. premium
≈ £773≈ €915
Hammer $800 · with buyer’s premium $1,024
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor and gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 10⅛ h x 8⅛ w in (26 x 21 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Elevated: Art Via Chicago (auctions/2026/10/elevated-art-via-chicago)
- Date
- October 13, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 140
- Estimate
- $1,000 (≈ £755) (≈ €894)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 18, 2026
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Photo © Toomey & Co. — view this lot on Toomey & Co. ↗Portrait with Bird on Shoulder, 1947
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Photo © Toomey & Co. — view this lot on Toomey & Co. ↗The Sandpipers, 1948
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Toomey & Co. · Jun 30, 2026$12,800 ≈ £9,682 ≈ €11,234Sign up free to see price
Photo © Toomey & Co. — view this lot on Toomey & Co. ↗Penguin, 1953
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Toomey & Co. · Jun 30, 2026$6,400 ≈ £4,841 ≈ €5,617Sign up free to see priceAlso in this sale
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