Lot 51 · The Modern Image
dr. ernest ceriani holding compress on child's eye, from country doctor essay
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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Modern Image, New York · 5 April 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4155477
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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W. Eugene Smith, dr. ernest ceriani holding compress on child's eye, from country doctor essay. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2013, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4155477.
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W. Eugene Smith, dr. ernest ceriani holding compress on child's eye, from country doctor essay. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2013, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4155477.
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