Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Webster's Birthday Cake, 1980
Other · Paper
Rago Auctions · Aug 14, 2026$192 ≈ £142 ≈ €166Sign up free to see price
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Madame Butterfly
Larry Rivers (American, 1923–2002) · 1978
$1,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £902≈ €1,059
Hammer $1,000 · with buyer’s premium $1,250
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- Medium
- Screenprint · Prints & multiples all screenprint results →As published: “screenprint and lithograph in colors on wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Screenprints
- Dimensions
- 22¾ h x 30¾ w in (58 x 78 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Art + Design (auctions/2021/07/art-design)
- Date
- July 15, 2021
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 235
- Estimate
- $800 – — (≈ £577) (≈ €677)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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