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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 9 October 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3881341
- Record
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait. Sotheby's, 9 Oct 2009, lot 189. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3881341.
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait. Sotheby's, 9 Oct 2009, lot 189. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3881341.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Nude Studies | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Evening in Kenwood | Bill Brandt | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Cheese and Crackers | Paul Outerbridge, Jr. | $10,000–$15,000 | |
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| Untitled (from Eel Series) | Francesca Woodman | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Hands of the Puppeteer | Tina Modotti | $20,000–$30,000 |
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