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- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's Designer Showhouse, New York · 20 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4349958
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo. Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2015, lot 184. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4349958.
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo. Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2015, lot 184. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4349958.
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| Mambila Figure, Cameroon | — | $12,000–$18,000 | |
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| Skull Snap (Glenn 220) | James Rosenquist | $4,000–$6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Parábola Óptica (Optical Parable), Mexico | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
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