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Sculpture
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The Whoopee Hat
Robert Williams (American, b. 1943) · 2003
$43,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £35,050≈ €39,762
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "RO'BT. WMS. '03" lower right · Robert Williams signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010619)
- Date
- September 24, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 227
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £16,023 – £24,035) (≈ €18,177 – €27,265)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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