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Lot 88 · Photographs

Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris

Lillian Bassman

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Estimate
$30,000–$40,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Phillips — Photographs, New York · 9 April 2018
Record ID
TB-2026-245352
Record
first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris. Phillips, 9 Apr 2018, lot 88. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-245352.

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