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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 3 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4077381
- Record
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W. Eugene Smith, selected images. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2012, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4077381.
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W. Eugene Smith, selected images. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2012, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4077381.
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From the same sale Photographs · Apr 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| London (Seated Nude) | Bill Brandt | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| House on a Hillside | Anonymous American Photographer | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Child in Forest | Wynn Bullock | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Untitled (Pens) | Richard Prince | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Nude (horizontal) | Brassaï | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Gold Miners, Johannesburg, South Africa | Margaret Bourke-white | $10,000–$15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eugene Smith | Welsh Miners | $7,883 | Lempertz, Dec 2020 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | albert schweitzer, aspen, colorado | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | The Walk to Paradise Garden | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura in her Bath, 1972 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Lines of Steel Pittsburgh, 1955-1956 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | waiting for survivors: the andrea doria sinking | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Drying the Laundry, Great Britain, 1950 | Christie's, Nov 2014 |
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