Lot 71179 · 2019 April 23 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas
The Chinese Lover paperback cover
Rudy Nappi · Gouache on board
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- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2019 April 23 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas · 23 April 2019
- Dimensions
- 21 x 15.5 in.
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13597837
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Rudy Nappi, The Chinese Lover paperback cover. Heritage Auctions, 23 Apr 2019, lot 71179. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13597837.
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