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Joseph Cornell Work with $3m Estimate Goes Unsold at Auction
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Jackson Pollock Work with $2.5m Estimate Goes Unsold at Auction
Jackson Pollock, Untitled (1944), which had a $2.5m to $3.5m estimate, was bought-in at Christie's, New York. Brush, spatter, pen and black and colored inks and sgraffito on paper, 47.6 x 62.9cm. The work has been traded 6 times in the past.
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