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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 9, 2011 | Christie's | London | Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale | 7 | $****** - ****** | Sur l'impériale traversant la Seine |
paintings
50 x 65 cm (19.69 x 25.59 in)
oil on cardboard
signed 'Picasso' (lower right)
Howard Young, New York. Mr & Mrs Lewis Larned Coburn, Chicago. Bequeathed by the above to The Art Institute of Chicago in 1933.
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