Lot 78531 · 2010 October New York Signature Illustration Art Auction
Portrait of a Lady
Walter Beach Humphrey · Oil on canvas
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2010 October New York Signature Illustration Art Auction · 16 October 2010
- Dimensions
- 16 x 12 in.
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13670664
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Walter Beach Humphrey, Portrait of a Lady. Heritage Auctions, 16 Oct 2010, lot 78531. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13670664.
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Walter Beach Humphrey, Portrait of a Lady. Heritage Auctions, 16 Oct 2010, lot 78531. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13670664.
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