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Untitled (study for Hanging Spinning Cat)
Bruce Nauman (American, b. 1941) · c. 1989
$13,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £9,841≈ €12,469
Hammer $11,000 · with buyer’s premium $13,750
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on printed paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 11 h x 8½ w in (28 x 22 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Art + Design (auctions/2016/02/art-design)
- Date
- February 25, 2016
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 139
- Estimate
- $15,000 – — (≈ £10,736) (≈ €13,603)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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