Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Philadelphia (64 CT-17), 1964
Photograph · ed. 9/25
Bonhams · Apr 9, 2026$6,144 ≈ £4,577 ≈ €5,258Sign up free to see price
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Blind Man's Bluff
Ray Metzker (American, 1931–2014) · 1966
$18,900 price realized incl. premium
≈ £13,736≈ €15,918
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Composite of six gelatin silver prints, printed and assembled 1990, mounted together on board”
- Support
- Board
- Edition
- 3/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 3/10 in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- Each 1 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (4.1 x 21.9 cm) Composite 10 x 8 5/8 in. (25.4 x 21.9 cm) Overall 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (50.2 x 45.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040121)
- Date
- April 8, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 12
- Estimate
- $16,000 – $22,000 (≈ £11,629 – £15,990) (≈ €13,476 – €18,529)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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