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Self Portrait
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897–1989) · 1932
$10,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,614≈ €8,913
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s”
- Edition
- 32/68
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection (NY040019)
- Date
- April 4, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,091 – £9,137) (≈ €7,131 – €10,696)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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