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Lot 234 · Photographs

Recycling Yard #5, Seattle from Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption

Chris Jordan

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Estimate
$5,000–$7,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Phillips — Photographs, New York · 1 April 2014
Record ID
TB-2026-280722
Record
first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Chris Jordan, Recycling Yard #5, Seattle from Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption. Phillips, 1 Apr 2014, lot 234. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-280722.

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