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Red Twelve
Thomas Downing (American, 1928–1985) · 1965
$28,160 price realized incl. premium
≈ £20,844≈ €24,064
Hammer $22,000 · with buyer’s premium $28,160
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic and graphite on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 55½ h x 129 w in (141 x 328 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- Pure Edge: American Geometric Abstraction, Selected Works from the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (auctions/2026/05/pure-edge-american-geometric-abstraction-selected-works-from-the-museo-de-arte-contemporaneo-de-buenos-aires)
- Date
- May 14, 2026
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 108
- Estimate
- $30,000 – — (≈ £22,206) (≈ €25,637)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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