Sale 2570
New York
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19 - 20 June 2012
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
Samuel Bak (ISRAELI, B. 1933) In line signed 'BAK' (lower left) oil on canvas 20 x 27¾ in. (50.8 x 70.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.
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