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<p>[QUOTE="chantaljones, post: 1763974, member: 6828"]Before you make it all to difficult for yourself. You should try to contact Christies Auction archives first. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those black numerals on the back of the stretcher are Christies stencil marks. So this means it went trough Christies hands. Maybe it was sold at one time and you can ask for the records and if you are not lucky, it came in with a household and was part of a lot. They would have marked every single lot to create a inventory. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chantaljones, post: 1763974, member: 6828"]Before you make it all to difficult for yourself. You should try to contact Christies Auction archives first. Those black numerals on the back of the stretcher are Christies stencil marks. So this means it went trough Christies hands. Maybe it was sold at one time and you can ask for the records and if you are not lucky, it came in with a household and was part of a lot. They would have marked every single lot to create a inventory. Good luck[/QUOTE]
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