Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled (It Means It Means; Celmins, Sturtevant), 2013
Acrylic · Paper
Phillips · Mar 4, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserve
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The Labour Exchange
Charles Avery (American, 1795–1883) · 2012
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £3,000 – £5,000 (≈ $3,826 – $6,376) (≈ €3,624 – €6,040)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “pencil, ink and gouache on paper mounted on linen”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'charles avery 2012' lower center; inscribed 'Itinerants waiting outside the Labour Xchange, onomatopeia' lower left
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 79 x 108.5 cm (31 1/8 x 42 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, London (UK010825)
- Date
- March 4, 2025
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 100
- Estimate
- £3,000 – £5,000 (≈ $3,826 – $6,376) (≈ €3,624 – €6,040)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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