Lot 4 · Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains from Whiteface
James Smillie · oil on canvas tacked over board
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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture , New York · 18 May 2004
- Dimensions
- 23 x 40 in. (58.4 x 101.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5926821
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Smillie, Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains from Whiteface. Christie's, 18 May 2004, lot 4. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5926821.
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James Smillie, Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains from Whiteface. Christie's, 18 May 2004, lot 4. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5926821.
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