© Toomey & Co. — view on Toomey & Co. website ↗Untitled (Solitary Figure by a Desolate Building), 1953
Oil · Linen
Toomey & Co. · Nov 13, 2025$660 ≈ £501 ≈ €568Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Waiting for Evening
Robert Watson (American, 1923–2004) · 1959
$1,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £643≈ €748
Hammer $800 · with buyer’s premium $1,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 18 x 24in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Period Art & Design (20991)
- Date
- August 25, 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 3144
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $1,500 (≈ £643 – £964) (≈ €748 – €1,123)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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