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Sculpture
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Square One
Nancy Graves (American, 1939–1995) · 1980
$20,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £16,023≈ €18,177
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated "N.S. GRAVES 5-'80 "SQUARE ONE"" on the reverse · Nancy Graves signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 76 x 64 in. (193 x 162.6 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010619)
- Date
- September 24, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 99
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,409 – £9,614) (≈ €7,271 – €10,906)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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