Lot 228 · Tell Me What You Want (What You Really, Really Want): a new auction of contemporary art
Untitled (Prototype for Kinechromatic device), circa 1955
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- Estimate
- $150,000–$250,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Tell Me What You Want (What You Really, Really Want): a new auction of contemporary art, Los Angeles · 31 March 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1817652
- Record
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Abraham Palatnik, Untitled (Prototype for Kinechromatic device), circa 1955. Bonhams, 31 Mar 2015, lot 228. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1817652.
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Abraham Palatnik, Untitled (Prototype for Kinechromatic device), circa 1955. Bonhams, 31 Mar 2015, lot 228. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1817652.
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