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Distant Campfire
Melvin Warren (American, 1920–1995)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $2,000 – $4,000 (≈ £1,577 – £3,153) (≈ €1,837 – €3,674)
Offered at Austin Auction Gallery and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- sight: approx 19.5"h, 23.5"w
- Auction house
- Austin Auction Gallery
- Sale
- New Year Special Auction Event Day 2 (14229)
- Date
- January 20, 2024
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Lot
- 838
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $4,000 (≈ £1,577 – £3,153) (≈ €1,837 – €3,674)
- Source
- Auction house bid.austinauction.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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