Lot 1018 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
Portrait of a lady seated outside a grotto (illustrated); and An illicit meeting with the musician
John Edmund Buckley · pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, circular
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- Estimate
- £700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,317–$1,881
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, London · 4 October 2006
- Dimensions
- 10¾ x 10¾ in. (27.3 x 27.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3095004
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3095004 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3095004
John Edmund Buckley, Portrait of a lady seated outside a grotto (illustrated); and An illicit meeting with the musician. Christie's, 4 Oct 2006, lot 1018. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3095004.
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John Edmund Buckley, Portrait of a lady seated outside a grotto (illustrated); and An illicit meeting with the musician. Christie's, 4 Oct 2006, lot 1018. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3095004.
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