Sale 2570
New York
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19 - 20 June 2012
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN DERSHOWITZ AND CAROLYN COHEN
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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