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THE SULKY CHILD
William Conor (Irish, 1881–1968)
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Estimate €1,500 – €2,000 (≈ $1,819 – $2,426) (≈ £1,368 – £1,824)
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; titled and with original price [40gns] on Bell Gallery label on reverse
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 18½ x 13½in. (46.99 x 34.29cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Exceptional Irish Art (853)
- Date
- December 7, 2020
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 51
- Estimate
- €1,500 – €2,000 (≈ $1,819 – $2,426) (≈ £1,368 – £1,824)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2020 and 2023 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Dec 7, 2020 · Whyte's this result
Exceptional Irish Art, lot 51
Bought in / unsold · est. €1,500 – €2,000
As catalogued
William Conor, “THE SULKY CHILD”
crayon
18½ x 13½in. (46.99 x 34.29cm)
Apr 3, 2023 · Whyte's
Spring Online Art Auction, lot 60
Sold €1,250Sign up to see · est. €1,000 – €1,500
As catalogued
William Conor, “THE SULKY CHILD”
crayon
18½ x 13½in. (46.99 x 34.29cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 99%). 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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