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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08115 · 11 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3304355
- Record
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Irving Penn, '3 new guinea men painted white'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304355.
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Irving Penn, '3 new guinea men painted white'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304355.
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| Geronimo | Edward S. Curtis | $20,000–$30,000 | |
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| 'Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California' (from sequence 'Song Wi… | Minor White | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled | Henry Wessel, Jr. | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Transmutation 8, Tentations de Saint-Antoine' | Brassaï | $5,000–$7,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Penn | Sculptor’s Model, Paris | $15,480 | Phillips, Apr 2026 | |
| Irving Penn | Nude | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
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| Irving Penn | Ospedale, 1980 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | Tribesman with Nose Ornament, New Guinea, 1970 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'Truman Capote, New York' | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Irving Penn | Construction Leftovers , 1980 | Christie's, Oct 2021 |
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