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Fallen Worker, Kuwait Oil Fields
Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, 1944–2025) · 1991
$12,255 price realized incl. premium
≈ £9,278≈ €10,633
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 21 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (54 x 82.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Sebastião Salgado: A Life’s Voyage (NY040226)
- Date
- April 2, 2026
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,571 – £11,356) (≈ €8,677 – €13,015)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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