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Harper's Bazaar, Barbara Mullen
Lillian Bassman (American, 1917–2012) · circa 1947
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £5,236 – £7,854) (≈ €7,109 – €10,663)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 13 x 10 1/4 in. (33 x 26 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040215)
- Date
- October 8, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 193
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £5,236 – £7,854) (≈ €7,109 – €10,663)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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