Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Untitled, 1987
Drawing (ink) · Paper
Wright · Feb 25, 2016$1,875 ≈ £1,342 ≈ €1,700Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Essay Tokyo
John Cage (American, 1912–1992) · 1986
$882 price realized incl. premium
≈ £702≈ €819
Hammer $700 · with buyer’s premium $882
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching”
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 5½ h x 8⅜ w in (14 x 21 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (auctions/2023/12/editions-works-on-paper)
- Date
- December 7, 2023
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 122
- Estimate
- $500 – — (≈ £398) (≈ €464)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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