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Oil · Canvas
Abell Auction Company · Mar 21, 2026$2,813 ≈ £2,104 ≈ €2,434Sign up free to see price
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Desert Wash
William Alexander Griffith (American, 1866–1940)
$3,525 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,993≈ €2,956
Hammer $3,000 · with buyer’s premium $3,525
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas laid down”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 16 x 20in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings & Sculpture (13316)
- Date
- December 12, 2005
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 308
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £2,827 – £3,958) (≈ €4,193 – €5,870)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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