Sale 1124
New York
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5 December 2002
Price realised
USD 174,500
Estimate
William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955) Looking for Sheep signed and dated 'W.R. Leigh 1941' (lower left) oil on canvas 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York. Glenn Nielsen, Cody, Wyoming. Wunderlich & Co., New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
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Exhibited
New York, Wunderlich & Co., Images of the American West: Paintings and Bronzes of the 19th and 20th Centuries, September, 1985
Pre-Lot Text
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