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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $48,495–$80,824
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12132, London · 10 May 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4086443
- Record
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Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a., Masked Head. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086443.
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Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a., Masked Head. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086443.
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From the same sale L12132 · May 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late October | John Atkinson Grimshaw | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| The Seamstress | Stanley Cursiter Cbe Rsa Rsw | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A View of Fin Lough and Delphi Lodge | James Arthur O'connor | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Birds over loop | John Shinnors | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Joan of Arc | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| A Game of Billiards | William Henry Bartlett | £20,000–£30,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Image of James Joyce | $67,932 | Sotheby's, May 2024 | |
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | image of shakespeare | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Image of a Revolutionary | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | study towards an image of samuel beckett | Sotheby's, Oct 2007 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Study of Head from Memory | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | image of james joyce | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Image of Samuel Beckett | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Image of Samuel Beckett (Opus W1157) | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.