Photo © Fine Estate Art & Rugs — view this lot on Fine Estate Art & Rugs ↗Life Fly Lifes Flies, from Leo Castelli 90th Birthday, 1997
Etching · Paper · ed. 21/90
Fine Estate Art & Rugs · Sep 27, 2026Result not published
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Life Mask
Bruce Nauman (American, b. 1941) · 1981
$5,625 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,291≈ €4,879
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 44/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- I. 25 1/4 x 34 1/2 in. (64.1 x 87.6 cm) S. 28 x 38 in. (71.1 x 96.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030218)
- Date
- October 17, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 344
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,288 – £3,814) (≈ €2,602 – €4,337)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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