Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Paying Attention to the People (Gore and the American Tiger), 2000
Drawing (pencil) · Paper
Rago Auctions · Jun 15, 2022$8,320 ≈ £6,886 ≈ €7,976Sign up free to see price
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Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016) · 2012
$48,260 price realized incl. premium
≈ £36,784≈ €41,690
Hammer $38,000 · with buyer’s premium $48,260
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “used clothing, wood, metal, stuffed animal, and enamel on canvas on wood”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 54 h x 48 w x 9 d in (137 x 122 x 23 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- Post War & Contemporary Art (auctions/2025/11/post-war-contemporary-art)
- Date
- November 12, 2025
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 193
- Estimate
- $30,000 – — (≈ £22,866) (≈ €25,916)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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