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METAMORPHOSIS
Robert Emmet Costelloe (1943–1974) · 1967
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Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; also with label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 122 by 122cm., 48 by 48in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (722)
- Date
- April 28, 2008
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 39
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2008 and 2022 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Apr 28, 2008 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 39
Bought in / unsold
As catalogued
Robert Emmet Costelloe, “METAMORPHOSIS”, 1967
oil on canvas
122 by 122cm., 48 by 48in.
Mar 28, 2022 · Whyte's
Spring Online Art Auction, lot 141
Bought in / unsold · est. €800 – €1,200
As catalogued
Robert Emmet Costelloe, “METAMORPHOSIS”, 1967
oil on canvas
48 x 48in. (121.92 x 121.92cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 97%). 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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