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Summer Suit
Thornton Willis (American, 1936–2025) · 1982
£6,300 price realized incl. premium
≈ $8,726≈ €7,367
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Titled 'SUMMER SUIT' on the turnover edge; signed and dated 'Thornton Willis '82' on the reverse
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 198.4 x 229 cm (78 1/8 x 90 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (UK010321)
- Date
- July 13, 2021
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 154
- Estimate
- £5,000 – £7,000 (≈ $6,925 – $9,695) (≈ €5,847 – €8,186)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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