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    Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

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    5 December 2002

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    • William Robinson Leigh (1866-1
    Lot 181

    William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955)

    Looking for Sheep

    Price realised

    USD 174,500

    Estimate

    USD 100,000 - USD 150,000

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    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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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    New York, Wunderlich & Co., Images of the American West: Paintings and Bronzes of the 19th and 20th Centuries, September, 1985


    Other information

    Pre-Lot Text

    Property from the Estate of William B. Ruger

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