Sale 1990
New York
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29 - 30 April 2008
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HENRY AND LOIS LEVIEN
Price realised
USD 115,000
Estimate
EDWARD HOPPER Evening Wind (Z. 9; L. 77) etching, 1921, on wove paper, signed in pencil, with full margins, the paper slightly split along the platemark, a small crease at the upper right sheet corner, otherwise in very good condition, framed P. 7 x 8 3/8 in. (178 x 213 mm.) S. 9½ x 10 7/8 in. (241 x 276 mm.)
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