Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled (Crossbeams), 1983-1986
Sculpture · ed. 5/25
Phillips · Mar 3, 2023£44,450 ≈ $53,296 ≈ €50,208Sign up free to see price
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Musical Chair
Bruce Nauman (American, b. 1941) · 1983
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$1,482,000 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink and charcoal on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Titled and inscribed "abstract chairs musical chairs" lower left; signed and dated "B. Nauman 83" lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 68 x 80 in. (172.7 x 203.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010321)
- Date
- June 23, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 40
- Estimate
- $1,000,000 – $1,500,000 (≈ £714,898 – £1,072,348) (≈ €836,750 – €1,255,125)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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