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Etching · Paper · ed. AP
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Pointing Up
David Salle (American, b. 1952) · 1997
£25,400 price realized incl. premium
≈ $32,824≈ €29,620
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and acrylic on canvas, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled, inscribed and dated '"Pointing Up" David Salle 1997 "Figures in Ear - Up"' on the stretcher · David Salle signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- artist's frame 77 x 95.4 cm (30 3/8 x 37 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art (UK010325)
- Date
- April 10, 2025
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 19
- Estimate
- £30,000 – £50,000 (≈ $38,769 – $64,615) (≈ €34,984 – €58,306)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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