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Lot 92 · Photographs

the spinner (from 'spanish village essay')

W. Eugene Smith

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Estimate
$5,000–$7,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 13 April 2010
Record ID
TB-2026-3916814
Record
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W. Eugene Smith, the spinner (from 'spanish village essay'). Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2010, lot 92. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3916814.

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