Lot 206 · Photographs
Three Asaro Mudmen (New Guinea), 1970
Irving Penn · platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed 1972
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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, New York · 24 April 2002
- Dimensions
- image: 20 1/8 x 19½in. (51 x 49.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4600199
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, Three Asaro Mudmen (New Guinea), 1970. Christie's, 24 Apr 2002, lot 206. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4600199.
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Irving Penn, Three Asaro Mudmen (New Guinea), 1970. Christie's, 24 Apr 2002, lot 206. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4600199.
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