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- Estimate
- CHF 3,000–CHF 5,000 hammer ≈ $3,191–$5,319
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary Auction, Zurich · 8 December 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5082489
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Max Ernst, Aux petits agneaux, 1971. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2022, lot 65. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5082489.
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Max Ernst, Aux petits agneaux, 1971. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2022, lot 65. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5082489.
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