Lot 49 · Importante Collection Européenne de Photographies
potatoes and baltic herring, sweden, 1964
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- Estimate
- €12,000–€18,000 hammer ≈ $13,985–$20,977
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Importante Collection Européenne de Photographies, Paris · 10 November 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4612508
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, potatoes and baltic herring, sweden, 1964. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2017, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4612508.
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Irving Penn, potatoes and baltic herring, sweden, 1964. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2017, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4612508.
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