Lot 137 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors
A beauty in black smoking a cigarette
Louis Hartz · watercolor and bodycolor
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- Estimate
- €700–€900 hammer ≈ $808–$1,039
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors, New York · 22 January 2002
- Dimensions
- 14 x 9¼ in. (35.5 x 23.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4625376
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Louis Hartz, A beauty in black smoking a cigarette. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625376.
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Louis Hartz, A beauty in black smoking a cigarette. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625376.
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