Sale 2220
New York
|
11 November 2009
Price realised
USD 30,000
Estimate
Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) Untitled (Assorted Animals) fifty-six sheets -- ink on paper Overall: 12½ x 60 in. (31.7 x 152.4 cm.) Drawn circa 1980.
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Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, Sold to Benefit the Merce Cunningham Trust
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