Sale 1577
New York
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29 - 30 November 2005
Price realised
USD 3,600
Estimate
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824-1886) Rest on the Flight into Egypt signed and dated 'Monticelli 1861' (lower right) oil on paper laid down on canvas 28¾ x 21½ in. (73 x 54.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 24 February 1987, lot 154.
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