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A TREE HUGGING ALIEN
Martin Finnin (Irish, b. 1968)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €400 – €600 (≈ $439 – $658) (≈ £335 – £502)
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
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 17½ x 11in. (44.45 x 27.94cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Spring Online Art Auction (865)
- Date
- March 28, 2022
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 158
- Estimate
- €400 – €600 (≈ $439 – $658) (≈ £335 – £502)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2022 and 2025 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Mar 28, 2022 · Whyte's this result
Spring Online Art Auction, lot 158
Bought in / unsold · est. €400 – €600
As catalogued
Martin Finnin, “A TREE HUGGING ALIEN”
watercolour
17½ x 11in. (44.45 x 27.94cm)
Jun 30, 2025 · Whyte's
Summer Online Art Auction, lot 142
Bought in / unsold · est. €300 – €400
As catalogued
Martin Finnin, “A TREE HUGGING ALIEN”
watercolour
17½ x 11in. (44.45 x 27.94cm)
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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