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MEN BEATING LAMBEG DRUMS
William Conor (Irish, 1881–1968)
€5,600 hammer
≈ $6,238≈ £4,263
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed upper left
- Category
- Pastels
- Dimensions
- 18¼ x 13¾in. (46.36 x 34.93cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IMPORTANT IRISH ART (797)
- Date
- May 30, 2016
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 24
- Estimate
- €5,000 – €7,000 (≈ $5,570 – $7,797) (≈ £3,806 – £5,329)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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