Lot 179 · First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
Full Moon Exhibiting Bright Streaks Radiating from Tycho and Tycho and Its Surroundings, 1874
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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, London · 8 September 2006
- Dimensions
- each approx. 5 x 3¾in. (12.7 x 9.5cm.) (2)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5651608
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Nasmyth, Full Moon Exhibiting Bright Streaks Radiating from Tycho and Tycho and Its Surroundings, 1874. Christie's, 8 Sep 2006, lot 179. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5651608.
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James Nasmyth, Full Moon Exhibiting Bright Streaks Radiating from Tycho and Tycho and Its Surroundings, 1874. Christie's, 8 Sep 2006, lot 179. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5651608.
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