Sale 1099
New York
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10 - 11 July 2002
Price realised
USD 1,195
Estimate
A LAVAR KIRMAN RUG, Southeast Persia, Circa 1900, having a claret vinery medallion on the indigo field with floral vinery within a claret cartouche border Approximately 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 8in. (229cm. x 142cm.)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK FAMILY
A guide to the poet, painter and sculptor described as ‘one of the most innovative and inexhaustible artists of his time’
We explore the artist’s lifelong obsession with the game, and the pipe he presented to one victorious opponent