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Woman's Face with Tiger
Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016)
$3,600 hammer
≈ £2,724≈ €3,001
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Works on paper all acrylic results →As published: “Watercolor, Acrylic and Pencil on Paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Initialed TD in pencil lower right
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 22.5" high x 30" wide
- Auction house
- Clarke Auction Gallery
- Sale
- Clarke Auction Gallery sale, 2017-09-10 (211)
- Date
- September 10, 2017
- Location
- Larchmont, New York, United States
- Lot
- 108
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,027 – £4,540) (≈ €3,334 – €5,001)
- Source
- Auction house clarkeny.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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