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The Knowledgeable Bear
Patrick O'Reilly (Irish, b. 1957)
€4,200 hammer
≈ $4,983≈ £3,685
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “unique bronze”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 35 x 34 x 15cm (14 x 13 x 6in)
- Auction house
- Morgan O'Driscoll
- Sale
- Irish & International Art Auction - Monday 4th December 2017 at 6PM (266)
- Date
- December 4, 2017
- Location
- Ireland
- Lot
- 65
- Estimate
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- Source
- Auction house morganodriscoll.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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