Lot 71168 · 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York
The Flag Reaches the North Pole
Mort Künstler · Oil on board
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · 14 October 2015
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 19 in.
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13632174
- Record
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Mort Künstler, The Flag Reaches the North Pole. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71168. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632174.
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Mort Künstler, The Flag Reaches the North Pole. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71168. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632174.
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From the same sale 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · Oct 2015
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