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The Dance
Lester Johnson (American, 1919–2010)
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$850 hammer
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas "The Dance"”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed on canvas verso
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 26.5" high x 20" wide
- Auction house
- Clarke Auction Gallery
- Sale
- Clarke Auction Gallery sale, 2017-05-21 (207)
- Date
- May 21, 2017
- Location
- Larchmont, New York, United States
- Lot
- 52
- Estimate
- $800 – $1,200 (≈ £614 – £922) (≈ €716 – €1,073)
- Source
- Auction house clarkeny.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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