Lot 170 · Photographs
'Alaska' (The Arctic Ocean Around the Inupiat Village of Kaktovik)
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 13 April 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5014546
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sebastião Salgado, 'Alaska' (The Arctic Ocean Around the Inupiat Village of Kaktovik). Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2022, lot 170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5014546.
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Sebastião Salgado, 'Alaska' (The Arctic Ocean Around the Inupiat Village of Kaktovik). Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2022, lot 170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5014546.
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