Sale 1025
New York
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23 April 2002
Price realised
USD 19,120
Estimate
Emile Munier (French, 1810-1895) Femme nu dans la Forêt signed and dated 'E. Munier 1890' (lower left) oil on canvas 17 7/8 x 14½ in. (45.5 x 36.8 cm.) Painted in 1890
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF THE JANE VOORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
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