Sale 9278
Los Angeles
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 7,475
Estimate
Alan Rath (b. 1959) I Want aluminum, electronics and cathode ray tube 25 x 81 x 28 in. (63.5 x 205.7 x 71.2 cm.) Executed in 1988
Provenance
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica (acquired by the late owner, 1989).
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