Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Color Sketch for Drake University Mural (Study for Allée) No. 2, 1954
Gouache
Bonhams · Nov 19, 2018$87,500 ≈ £68,215 ≈ €76,573Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Whippets
Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964)
$45,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £33,973≈ €38,197
Hammer $36,000 · with buyer’s premium $45,000
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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
- 30 x 38in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (24307)
- Date
- November 20, 2017
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 50
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £37,747 – £52,846) (≈ €42,441 – €59,418)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2016 and 2017 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 18, 2016 · Bonhams
American Art, lot 8
Bought in / unsold · est. $80,000 – $120,000
As catalogued
Stuart Davis, “The Whippets”
oil on canvas
30 x 38in
Nov 20, 2017 · Bonhams this result
American Art, lot 50
Sold $45,000Sign up to see · est. $50,000 – $70,000
As catalogued
Stuart Davis, “The Whippets”
oil on canvas
30 x 38in
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