Sale 1942
New York
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18 December 2007
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
RENE GRUAU (1909-2004) Portrait, 1989 pencil on paper 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.) sight size signed G and star
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