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    14 January 2008

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    • Dennis Adams (b. 1948)
    Lot 179

    Dennis Adams (b. 1948)

    History Lessons

    Price realised

    USD 1,250

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    Dennis Adams (b. 1948)
    History Lessons
    photograph and lightbox in wood crate
    33¼ x 43¼ x 18¼ in. (84.5 x 109.9 x 46.4 cm.)
    Executed in 1990. This work is from an edition of forty.

    Provenance

    New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Property formerly from the Estate of Henry Luce III

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