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McLean, Virginia
Joel Sternfeld (American, b. 1944) · 1978
$16,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £12,501≈ €13,830
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Dye transfer print, printed 1986”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 15 x 19 1/2 in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040220)
- Date
- October 14, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- $12,000 – $18,000 (≈ £9,231 – £13,847) (≈ €10,213 – €15,319)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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