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CONTEMPLATION
William Percy French (Irish, 1854–1920)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €2,500 (≈ $3,287) (≈ £2,110)
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed on back with title and medium; also with Oriel Gallery label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 42 by 33cm., 16.5 by 13in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (743)
- Date
- November 29, 2010
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 19
- Estimate
- €2,500 – — (≈ $3,287) (≈ £2,110)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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