Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), 1973
Other
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026$5,760 ≈ £4,334 ≈ €5,062Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Two Opponents (Blue and Yellow)
John Baldessari (American, 1931–2020) · 2004
$2,048 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,346≈ €1,822
Hammer $1,600 · with buyer’s premium $2,048
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- Medium
- Screenprint · Prints & multiples all screenprint results →As published: “screenprint on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Screenprints
- Dimensions
- 12 h x 12 w in (30 x 30 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Art + Design (auctions/2015/09/art-design)
- Date
- September 24, 2015
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 163
- Estimate
- $1,500 – — (≈ £986) (≈ €1,334)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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