Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Four Figures, 1961
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Auction result
Silent Light
Roland Petersen (American, b. 1926) · 1968
$144,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £70,206≈ €98,267
Hammer $120,000 · with buyer’s premium $144,000
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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
- 49 1/2 x 48in (126 x 122cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Made in California (15757)
- Date
- November 19, 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 1561
- Estimate
- $80,000 – $120,000 (≈ £39,003 – £58,505) (≈ €54,593 – €81,889)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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