Sale 7665
Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel
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30 April 2008
Price realised
USD 133,000
Estimate
Jafar Rouhbakhsh (Iranian, 1940-1996) Untitled signed and dated 'Rouhbakhsh 1992' (lower left) oil on canvas 65¾ x 48 3/8in. (167 x 123 cm.) Painted in 1992
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