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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 10 April 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5205744
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Irving Penn, 'Man with Pink Face, New Guinea'. Sotheby's, 10 Apr 2024, lot 141. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5205744.
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Irving Penn, 'Man with Pink Face, New Guinea'. Sotheby's, 10 Apr 2024, lot 141. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5205744.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio III | Ansel Adams | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| 'Wide Skull' | Irving Penn | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Marlene Dietrich (from Pictures of Diamonds) | Vik Muniz | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Giorgio de Chirico | Man Ray | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| 'Amanda on my Fortuny, Berlin' | Nan Goldin | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Künstlerporträts [Portraits of Artists] | August Sander | $12,000–$18,000 |
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| Irving Penn | Cuzco Children, Peru, December | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Irving Penn | Cloth with Can Tab, New York | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
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