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SWIMMING GALA
William Conor (Irish, 1881–1968)
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Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €10,000 – €15,000 (≈ $11,262 – $16,893) (≈ £8,709 – £13,064)
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Drawing (crayon) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “crayon”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 30 x 24in. (76.20 x 60.96cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & International Art (790)
- Date
- September 26, 2016
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 12
- Estimate
- €10,000 – €15,000 (≈ $11,262 – $16,893) (≈ £8,709 – £13,064)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2016 and 2017 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Sep 26, 2016 · Whyte's this result
Irish & International Art, lot 12
Bought in / unsold · est. €10,000 – €15,000
As catalogued
William Conor, “SWIMMING GALA”
crayon
30 x 24in. (76.20 x 60.96cm)
Oct 2, 2017 · Whyte's
IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART, lot 17
Sold €4,800Sign up to see · est. €5,000 – €7,000
As catalogued
William Conor, “SWIMMING GALA”
crayon
30 x 24in. (76.20 x 60.96cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 89%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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