Lot 55 · The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration
Members of the Hawk Family
Louis Agassiz Fuertes · watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, New York · 4 November 2003
- Dimensions
- 12½ x 9½ in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm.), image; 15½ x 12 in. (39.4 x 30.5 cm.), board
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4474950
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Members of the Hawk Family. Christie's, 4 Nov 2003, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4474950.
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Members of the Hawk Family. Christie's, 4 Nov 2003, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4474950.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tajik Children, Xinjiang, China, 2001 | MICHAEL S. YAMASHITA (B. 1949) | $800–$1,200 | |
| Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936 | MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963) | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Young performers, New Orleans, c. 1934 | HELEN T. FARRELL | $500–$700 | |
| Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 1936 | MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963) | $1,500–$2,500 | |
| Huli Tribesman, Papua New Guinea, 1998 | JODI COBB | $1,500–$2,500 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Agassiz Fuertes | Bald Eagle | $9,600 | Sotheby's, Sep 2005 | |
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| Harriet Whitney Frishmuth | Crest of the Wave | Rago, Nov 2020 | ||
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| Louis Agassiz Fuertes | Five Depictions of Shore Birds and Ducks sizes to 22 1/4 x 1 | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Edward Borein | Little Bucking Horse | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Harriet Whitney Frishmuth | The Vine | Rago, May 2023 | ||
| Louis Agassiz Fuertes | A Retriever Brings a Shot Duck Back to a Hunter | Christie's, Nov 2003 |
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