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Picasso au crâne de boeuf
Dora Maar (French, 1907–1997) · 1937
$16,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £12,277≈ €13,826
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and titled in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 11 5/8 x 9 in. (29.5 x 22.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation (NY040317)
- Date
- October 3, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 16
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,555 – £11,333) (≈ €8,508 – €12,763)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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