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- Estimate
- £180,000–£230,000 hammer ≈ $263,166–$336,268
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, London · 19 May 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4476787
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, 'Mouth (For L'Oreal), New York', 1986. Sotheby's, 19 May 2016, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4476787.
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Irving Penn, 'Mouth (For L'Oreal), New York', 1986. Sotheby's, 19 May 2016, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4476787.
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| 'Lioness in Dark Foliage', 2012 | Nick Brandt | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| 'Refugees at the Korem Camp, Ethiopia', 1984 | Sebastião Salgado | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| 'St Michael's Blood, Part I and II', 1990 | Andres Serrano | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| 'Sifnos, Greece', 1961 | Henri Cartier-bresson | £7,000–£10,000 | |
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