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Investigator
William Gropper (American, 1897–1977)
Offered at auction, result not published
Estimate $2,000 – $3,000 (≈ £1,553 – £2,330) (≈ €1,811 – €2,717)
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right, expressionist depiction of a rumpled looking gentleman holding a notebook, standing in an office as a seated man looks on
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 29.50 x 21.50 in
- Auction house
- Leonard Auction
- Sale
- April Online Auction ( Sale #288) (260)
- Date
- November 10, 2019
- Location
- Addison, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 174
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $3,000 (≈ £1,553 – £2,330) (≈ €1,811 – €2,717)
- Source
- Auction house leonardauction.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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