Sale 2035
New York
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22 October 2008
Price realised
USD 18,000
Estimate
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915) Off the Coast signed 'H W Mesdag' (lower right) pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper on card 17½ x 22 in. (44.5 x 55.9 cm.)
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