Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Nude on Beach, Provincetown, 1940
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Rago Auctions · Nov 4, 2025$1,143 ≈ £875 ≈ €995Sign up free to see price
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Hands in Movement
Herbert Matter (Swiss, 1907–1984) · 1937
$441 price realized incl. premium
≈ £347≈ €404
Hammer $350 · with buyer’s premium $441
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 15¾ h x 20 w in (40 x 51 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- 20|21 Art (auctions/2023/12/2021-art)
- Date
- December 14, 2023
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 419
- Estimate
- $700 – — (≈ £551) (≈ €641)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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