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Oil · Board
Wright · May 14, 2002$8,050 ≈ £5,543 ≈ €8,883Sign up free to see price
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Untitled (Portrait)
William Sylvester Carter (American, 1909–1996) · 1948
$2,875 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,028≈ €3,279
Hammer $2,500 · with buyer’s premium $2,875
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 20 w in (51 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- The American Scene: Art of the 1930s and 1940s (auctions/2001/05/the-american-scene-art-of-the-1930s-and-1940s)
- Date
- May 15, 2001
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 390
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,822) (≈ €4,562)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 3, 2026
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