Photo © Leland Little — view this lot on Leland Little ↗Untitled (Woman, Bird, and Snake)
Watercolor
Leland Little · Oct 30, 2025$2,500 ≈ £1,905 ≈ €2,165Sign up free to see price
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Athlete
Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016)
$2,625 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,181≈ €2,453
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Initialed lower right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- Fashion, Art, and Design (fashion-art-and-design-2023-02-16)
- Date
- February 16, 2023
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 160
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,492 – £4,154) (≈ €2,804 – €4,673)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 14, 2026
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