Lot 212 · Important Prints & Multiples: Part II
Then Came an Ox and Drank the Water (Axsom 177)
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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Prints & Multiples: Part II, New York · 23 April 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4919583
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Stella, Then Came an Ox and Drank the Water (Axsom 177). Sotheby's, 23 Apr 2021, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4919583.
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Frank Stella, Then Came an Ox and Drank the Water (Axsom 177). Sotheby's, 23 Apr 2021, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4919583.
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