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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — S/O Buhl Collection, New York · 13 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4136232
- Record
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Erwin Blumenfeld, skull with charley toorop's hands. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2012, lot 420. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4136232.
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Erwin Blumenfeld, skull with charley toorop's hands. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2012, lot 420. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4136232.
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From the same sale S/O Buhl Collection · Dec 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corona del Mar, California | Dennis Stock | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| The Chain #14 | Chien-chi Chang | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'New York City, USA' (Suspect in the Back of a Police Car) | Leonard Freed | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Svolgere la propria pelle (To unravel one's own skin) | Giuseppe Penone | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Barcelona | Robert Frank | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Untitled | Sandra Cinto | $3,000–$5,000 |
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| Erwin Blumenfeld | Paris, Montparnasse | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| Erwin Blumenfeld | Ad for John Frederics' Lipstick (Tedi Thurman). Um 1947 | Grisebach, Dec 2024 | ||
| Erwin Blumenfeld | Portrait of Cecil Beaton, 1945 | Christie's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Erwin Blumenfeld | georges-henri rouault, 1936 | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Erwin Blumenfeld | Line on face, New York. 1947–1949 | Grisebach, Nov 2014 | ||
| Erwin Blumenfeld | Line on Face, New York (from the portfolio 'Blumenfeld Color | Bonhams, Feb 2025 |
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