Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Blah, Blah, Blah, 2019
Print (other) · Paper
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Mel Bochner (American, 1940–2025) · 2012
$22,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £16,656≈ €18,794
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- Medium
- Print (other) · Prints & multiples all print (other) results →As published: “monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "BOCHNER 2012" upper right
- Category
- Engravings
- Dimensions
- 30 1/2 x 21 in. (77.5 x 53.3 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010617)
- Date
- September 19, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 112
- Estimate
- $18,000 – $22,000 (≈ £13,324 – £16,285) (≈ €15,035 – €18,376)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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