Lot 71197 · 2017 May 12 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas
Messianic Complex, Playboy cartoon
Gahan Wilson · Watercolor and ink on paper
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2017 May 12 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas · 12 May 2017
- Dimensions
- 10 x 7 in. (image)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13617653
- Record
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Gahan Wilson, Messianic Complex, Playboy cartoon. Heritage Auctions, 12 May 2017, lot 71197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13617653.
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Gahan Wilson, Messianic Complex, Playboy cartoon. Heritage Auctions, 12 May 2017, lot 71197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13617653.
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From the same sale 2017 May 12 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas · May 2017
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