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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $8,310–$11,080
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale, London · 30 June 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4939390
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Dobson R.a., Study for Siesta (Two Friends). Sotheby's, 30 Jun 2021, lot 259. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4939390.
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Frank Dobson R.a., Study for Siesta (Two Friends). Sotheby's, 30 Jun 2021, lot 259. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4939390.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Channel with Spheres | Geoffrey Clarke R.a. | £800–£1,200 | |
| Park Place | John Piper C.h. | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Huntansworth, Co. Durham | John Piper C.h. | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Nude, Violet & Yellow | Ivon Hitchens | £30,000–£50,000 | |
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| Notre Dame de Paris | David Bomberg | £5,000–£8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Dobson R.a. | Margaret Kennedy | $8,658 | Christie's, May 2022 | |
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| Frank Dobson R.a. | Crawling Woman | Sotheby's, Feb 2017 | ||
| Frank Dobson R.a. | bather, study for toilet | Sotheby's, May 2020 | ||
| Frank Dobson R.a. | Study for Toilet 4 18.5 cm. (7 1/4 in.) high Conceived circa | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | ||
| Frank Dobson R.a. | frank dobson, r.a. | study for leisure ii | Sotheby's, May 2020 | ||
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