Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Plain Diagonal Ridge, 1968
Pastel · Paper
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Auction result
Clown
Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920–2021) · 1972
$149,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £102,681≈ €129,509
Hammer $120,000 · with buyer’s premium $149,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 12 x 10 1/4 in. (30.5 x 26 cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Made in California (23276)
- Date
- May 4, 2016
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 71
- Estimate
- $60,000 – $80,000 (≈ £41,348 – £55,131) (≈ €52,151 – €69,535)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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