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A DIFFICULT LETTER
Thomas Ryan (British, 1929–2021) · 1992
€3,400 hammer
≈ $3,704≈ £2,809
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; signed, titled and numbered [13.92] on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & International Art (864)
- Date
- March 7, 2022
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 104
- Estimate
- €2,000 – €3,000 (≈ $2,179 – $3,269) (≈ £1,653 – £2,479)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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