Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Ku with Moons, 1947
Tempera · Paper
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Morris Graves (American, 1910–2001) · 1954
$3,125 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,559≈ €2,860
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “Sumi ink drawing, on tissue-thin Japanese paper backed to wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated in black ink
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- S. 16 7/8 x 22 1/2 in. (42.9 x 57.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030216)
- Date
- October 26, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 145
- Estimate
- $1,500 – $2,500 (≈ £1,228 – £2,047) (≈ €1,373 – €2,288)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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