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Lot 48 · Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner

Large Sleeve (Sunny Harnett), New York, 1951

Irving Penn · gelatin silver print, printed 1984

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Estimate
$30,000–$50,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner , New York · 25 April 2006
Dimensions
15½ x 15 7/8in. (39.4 x 40.3cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3701766
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, Large Sleeve (Sunny Harnett), New York, 1951. Christie's, 25 Apr 2006, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3701766.

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From the same sale Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner · Apr 2006

LotArtistEstimateResult
Mark of Wen Wei Ji, Canton and Possibly Hong Kong, Retailed by Wang H… A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER COMPOTE $2,000–$3,000
Early 20Th Century A JAPANESE EXPORT SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT VASE $2,000–$3,000
Camera Work, An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine devoted to Photography… ALFRED STIEGLITZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER (1864-1946) $120,000–$180,000
Priest, no. 1, 2000 TORBJORN RODLAND (b. 1970) $1,500–$2,000
New York, 1999 BARCLAY HUGHES (b. 1971) $5,000–$7,000
Selected images from Museum Camouflage , 1998 HARVEY OPGENORTH (b. 1977) $3,000–$5,000

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