Sale 1029
Monaco
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10 - 11 December 1999
Price realised
FRF 8,050
Estimate
LUCIEN COUTAUD (1904-1977) Paysage de Provence Sign et dat en bas gauche Coutaud 47 Gouache sur carton 17 x 25 cm. (6.5/8 x 9.7/8 in.) Excut en 1947
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