Sale 2538
New York
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28 - 29 February 2012
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
Carl Robert Holty (AMERICAN, 1900-1973) Eye of the Storm signed 'Holty' (lower right) oil on canvas 67¾ x 55 in. (172 x 139.7 cm.)
Provenance
with Robert C. Graham, Sr., New York. By descent to the present owner.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF ROBERT C. GRAHAM, SR., NEW YORK
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