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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, New York · 5 April 2013
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: approximately 58 x 15in. (147.4 x 38cm.) (overall)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4438341
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lewis Baltz, Politics of Bacteria, 1992-1995. Christie's, 5 Apr 2013, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4438341.
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Lewis Baltz, Politics of Bacteria, 1992-1995. Christie's, 5 Apr 2013, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4438341.
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