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Auction result
Vapour Drawing, MS36
Larry Bell (American, b. 1939) · 1978
$45,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £29,030≈ €39,763
Hammer $36,000 · with buyer’s premium $45,000
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- Medium
- Other · Works on paper all other results →As published: “vaporized metals and silicon monoxide on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 69¾ h x 46 w in (177 x 117 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Art + Design (auctions/2015/02/art-design)
- Date
- February 26, 2015
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 129
- Estimate
- $7,000 – — (≈ £4,516) (≈ €6,185)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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