Sale 2541
New York
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7 March 2012
Price realised
USD 3,000
Estimate
Mel Bochner (b. 1940) Belvedere Courtyard initialed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Exedra with Stairway Bramante Belvedere Courtyard (Vatican) Drawing after Ackerman M.B. 1974' (lower right) graphite on paper 5 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (13.6 x 14.9 cm.) Drawn in 1974.
Provenance
Gift of the artist, 1974 The Collection of Victor and Sally Ganz, New York Their sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1997, lot 396 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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