Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗A Comfortable Smoke, 1955
Watercolor · Paper
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025$230 ≈ £173 ≈ €199Sign up free to see price
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A Comfortable Smoke
Walter Schnackenberg (German, 1880–1961) · 1955
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,232 – £3,719) (≈ €2,555 – €4,259)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor and pen and ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 13 x 14 in (33 x 35.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- The Jason Jacques Collection (31633)
- Date
- September 30, 2025
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 124
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,232 – £3,719) (≈ €2,555 – €4,259)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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