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I Learned Helplessness from Rats (C. 61)
Bruce Nauman (American, b. 1941) · 1988
$3,810 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,061≈ €3,472
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching, on Somerset paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- AP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (22.5 x 30.2 cm) S. 15 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (39.1 x 45.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030223)
- Date
- April 18, 2023
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 377
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,410 – £4,017) (≈ €2,734 – €4,557)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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