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Dorothy Iannone Work Sells for 275% Above Estimate at Auction
Dorothy Iannone, Lady at Mirror (1966), sold for $74,000, more than three and a half times the low estimate at Koller Auktionen, Zurich. Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 199.0cm. The work has been traded once in the past.
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