Sold at Austin Auction Gallery

Margaret Webb Dreyer, "Tale Of Two Cities"

Price realized
$540
Pre-sale estimate
$100 – $200
Hammer price
$425
Category
Fine Art
Sold
February 23, 2024
Sale
Day 1-Fabulous February 2024 Antiques & Estates Auction

Lot description

(2) Framed watercolors on paper, one mounted above the other, both within a single frame, "Tale of Two Cities", unsigned, family attribution painted 1969 by Margaret Webb Dreyer (Dreyer Galleries, Houston, Texas, b.1911-d.1976), 23.25"h, 31.5"w, overall 49.25"h, 33.75"w, 26bs      *Note: Dryer is listed in the University of Texas at Austin’s compilation of "women who have helped shape the history of Texas", and in 2013, Houstonia Magazine  included her in a feature on " most influential Houstonians of all time.”

This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.