Auction Date:2004 Oct 14 @ 10:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:United States
William Wegman 1979 3 gelatin silver prints; each image: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) or the inverse; each paper: 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 38.9 cm); each editioned, signed and dated in pencil on verso; Private Collection, NEW YORK
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United States
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Munich September 13-14
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New York October 8-13
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