Sale 2570
New York
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19 - 20 June 2012
PROPERTY FROM THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION
Price realised
USD 5,000
Estimate
Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928) Elegant ladies walking on the beach signed and dated 'J.th. Toorop 85' (lower right) pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper 9½ x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm.) Executed in 1885.
Provenance
with Chamberlin Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above in 1987.
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