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Chocolate Merangue
Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920–2021) · 1961
$2,238,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,795,859≈ €2,066,673
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated “Thiebaud 1961” upper left; signed and titled ““chocolate merangue” Thiebaud” on the stretcher
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010323)
- Date
- May 17, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- $2,000,000 – $3,000,000 (≈ £1,604,879 – £2,407,318) (≈ €1,846,893 – €2,770,339)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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