Lot 241 · Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner
Sitting Man With Pink Face (B), New Guinea, 1970
Irving Penn · color coupler print, printed 1994
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- Estimate
- $9,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner , New York · 25 April 2006
- Dimensions
- 19¾ x 19¾in. (50 x 50cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5693598
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5693598 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5693598
Irving Penn, Sitting Man With Pink Face (B), New Guinea, 1970. Christie's, 25 Apr 2006, lot 241. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5693598.
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Irving Penn, Sitting Man With Pink Face (B), New Guinea, 1970. Christie's, 25 Apr 2006, lot 241. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5693598.
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From the same sale Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner · Apr 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark of Wen Wei Ji, Canton and Possibly Hong Kong, Retailed by Wang H… | A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER COMPOTE | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Early 20Th Century | A JAPANESE EXPORT SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT VASE | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Camera Work, An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine devoted to Photography… | ALFRED STIEGLITZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER (1864-1946) | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Priest, no. 1, 2000 | TORBJORN RODLAND (b. 1970) | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| New York, 1999 | BARCLAY HUGHES (b. 1971) | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Selected images from Museum Camouflage , 1998 | HARVEY OPGENORTH (b. 1977) | $3,000–$5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Penn | 'Nude 62' | $9,525 | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | |
| Irving Penn | 'Truman Capote, New York' | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'Nude 150' | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Irving Penn | Pear with Seeds (A), New York | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| Irving Penn | Balthus (D), 1948/2002 | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | Nude 151 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'Woody Allen as [Charlie] Chaplin, New York, Sept 14, 1972' | Bonhams, Oct 2025 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'I. B. Singer (New York' (Isaac Bashevis Singer) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 |
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