Sale 2138
New York
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11 February 2009
Price realised
USD 5,000
Estimate
Elisee Maclet (1881-1962) Vue de la mer signed 'maclet' (lower right) oil on canvas 21¼ x 28¾ in. (54 x 73 cm.) Painted circa 1928
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