Sale 1659
New York
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10 May 2006
Price realised
USD 262,400
Estimate
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) Scribbled Tulip painted laser-cut aluminum 82 x 113 x 87 in. (208.3 x 287 x 221 cm.) Executed in 1985. This work is unique.
Provenance
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
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