Photo © Quittenbaum — view this lot on Quittenbaum ↗Collage 'Indépendance et Désinvolture' und Carborundum-Collage aus 'Voyage d'Eté, 1994
Mixed media
Quittenbaum · Mar 25, 2026€320 ≈ $371 ≈ £277Sign up free to see price
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A Poem Should Be Motionless in Time
Max Papart (French, 1911–1994)
$1,080 price realized incl. premium
≈ £787≈ €914
Hammer $850 · with buyer’s premium $1,080
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache and collage on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 19¾ h x 25½ w in (50 x 65 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition (auctions/2026/02/2021-art-the-chicago-edition)
- Date
- February 4, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 150
- Estimate
- $2,000 – — (≈ £1,458) (≈ €1,692)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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