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THREE FIGURES ON THE STEPS
Violet McAdoo (Irish, 1896–1961)
€160 hammer
≈ $183≈ £140
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed [V McAdoo] on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Summer Art Auction (795)
- Date
- July 17, 2017
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 102
- Estimate
- €200 – €300 (≈ $229 – $344) (≈ £176 – £263)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2017 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Apr 3, 2017 · Whyte's
Art On-Line, lot 189
Bought in / unsold · est. €500 – €700
As catalogued
Violet McAdoo, “THREE FIGURES ON THE STEPS”
oil on canvas
30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
Jul 17, 2017 · Whyte's this result
Summer Art Auction, lot 102
Sold €160Sign up to see · est. €200 – €300
As catalogued
Violet McAdoo, “THREE FIGURES ON THE STEPS”
oil on canvas
30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
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