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Contemplating Dinner for Three
William Franken (German, 1911–1984)
$63 price realized incl. premium
≈ £51≈ €60
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas (unstretched)”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 18 x 22 1/2 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- LX: April Fine Art (lx-april-fine-art-2022-04-28)
- Date
- April 28, 2022
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 64
- Estimate
- $200 – $400 (≈ £161 – £322) (≈ €191 – €381)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 13, 2026
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