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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 13 April 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3916766
- Record
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W. Eugene Smith, 'minamata - tomoko and mother'. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2010, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3916766.
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W. Eugene Smith, 'minamata - tomoko and mother'. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2010, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3916766.
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From the same sale Photographs · Apr 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Images | August Sander | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Parrot Tulips | Robert Mapplethorpe | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Wall Street | Ilse Bing | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Orchid | Robert Mapplethorpe | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Srinagar, Kashmir | Henri Cartier-bresson | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Oceano | Brett Weston | $20,000–$30,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eugene Smith | Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales | $8,890 | Phillips, Apr 2024 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura in her Bath, 1972 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Welsh Miners | Lempertz, Dec 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko in Bath, Minamata, Japan | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | albert schweitzer, aspen, colorado | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | dr. albert schweitzer from man of mercy essay | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | A Walk to Paradise Garden | Bonhams, Oct 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | untitled (as from my window i sometimes gl | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 |
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