Thornton Dial’s ‘Struggling Tiger’ leaps to the top at Ahlers & Ogletree

Thornton Dial, ‘Struggling Tiger (The Tiger Penned In),’ $84,700
Thornton Dial, ‘Struggling Tiger (The Tiger Penned In),’ $84,700
Thornton Dial, ‘Struggling Tiger (The Tiger Penned In),’ $84,700

ATLANTA – A 1991 mixed media painting by Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016) titled Struggling Tiger sold for $84,700, and a Tiffany Studios favrile glass door from the 1920s titled The Sower, brought $51,425 to take top lot honors in Ahlers & Ogletree’s New Year’s Signature Estates Auction held January 14-16.

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