Photo © Circle Auction — view this lot on Circle Auction ↗Going Away - Where?, 1990
Mixed media · ed. 3/4
Circle Auction · Oct 25, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Screaming Ghost
William S. Burroughs (American, 1914–1997) · 1982
$21,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £15,894≈ €18,079
Hammer $21,250 · with buyer’s premium $21,250
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “Paint on plywood with shotgun holes (double-sided)”
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Auction house
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)
- Sale
- Modern Art & Design (auctions/2018/06/modern-art-design)
- Date
- June 10, 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Lot
- 212
- Estimate
- $6,000 – — (≈ £4,488) (≈ €5,105)
- Source
- Auction house lamodern.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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