JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 29 April 2025 / 10:00 am start
C. Gould 'Sweetpeas',
Lot Details
photographic print, signed and dated 2013 verso. 795 x 535mm.
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