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Oil · Canvas
Sloans & Kenyon · Jun 15, 2018Unsold / did not meet reserveAttributed to the artist
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Auction result
The Shipwreck
Catalogued as “Attributed to Richard Wright” — not included in the artist’s headline statistics.
Richard Wright (British, 1735–1775)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $3,000 – $4,000 (≈ £2,233 – £2,977) (≈ €2,533 – €3,377)
Offered at Sloans & Kenyon 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
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “THE SHIPWRECK, oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 26 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in
- Auction house
- Sloans & Kenyon
- Sale
- December Holiday Auction (126)
- Date
- December 14, 2017
- Location
- Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
- Lot
- 675A
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $4,000 (≈ £2,233 – £2,977) (≈ €2,533 – €3,377)
- Source
- Auction house sloansandkenyon.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2017 and 2018 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Dec 14, 2017 · Sloans & Kenyon this result
December Holiday Auction, lot 675A
Bought in / unsold · est. $3,000 – $4,000
As catalogued
Attributed to Richard Wright, “The Shipwreck”
THE SHIPWRECK, oil on canvas
26 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in
Jun 15, 2018 · Sloans & Kenyon
June Estate Catalogue Auction, lot 931
Bought in / unsold · est. $2,500 – $3,500
As catalogued
Attributed to Richard Wright, “The Shipwreck”
THE SHIPWRECK, oil on canvas
26 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). 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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