Lot 90 · Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp sold for the Primary Benefit of Princeton University
Street Urchin Smoking a Cigarette
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- Estimate
- $600–$800 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp sold for the Primary Benefit of Princeton University, New York · 25 January 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3980422
- Record
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Wilhelm Amandus Beer, Street Urchin Smoking a Cigarette. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2011, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3980422.
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Wilhelm Amandus Beer, Street Urchin Smoking a Cigarette. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2011, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3980422.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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