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Velazquez Hands

Christopher Brown (American, b. 1951) · 1995

$750 price realized incl. premium

≈ £495≈ €564

Hammer $600 · with buyer’s premium $750

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Medium
Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →
As published: “Color aquatint with soft-ground and hard-ground etching on wove paper”
Support
Paper
Edition
22/50
Signed / inscribed
Signed in pencil
Category
Aquatints
Dimensions
29 1/2 x 29 3/4in
Auction house
Bonhams
Sale
Period Art & Design (20897)
Date
February 24, 2013
Location
San Francisco, United States
Lot
5104
Estimate
$700 – $900 (≈ £462 – £595) (≈ €526 – €676)
Source
Auction house bonhams.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2012 and 2013 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

  1. Velazquez Hands, Bonhams 2012

    Dec 16, 2012 · Bonhams

    Period Art & Design, San Francisco, lot 5116

    Bought in / unsold · est. $900 – $1,200

    As catalogued

    Christopher Brown, “Velazquez Hands”, 1995

    Color aquatint with soft-ground and hard-ground etching on wove paper

    29 1/2 x 29 3/4in

    Edition 22/50

  2. Velazquez Hands, Bonhams 2013

    Feb 24, 2013 · Bonhams this result

    Period Art & Design, lot 5104

    Sold $750Sign up to see · est. $700 – $900

    As catalogued

    Christopher Brown, “Velazquez Hands”, 1995

    Color aquatint with soft-ground and hard-ground etching on wove paper

    29 1/2 x 29 3/4in

    Edition 22/50

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