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Sculpture
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Auction result
Nude Study
Reuben Nakian (American, 1897–1986)
$102 price realized incl. premium
≈ £79≈ €92
Hammer $80 · with buyer’s premium $102
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “graphite on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Discovery - Interiors | Bonhams Skinner (28600)
- Date
- July 27, 2023
- Location
- Skinner Marlborough, United States
- Lot
- 387
- Estimate
- $150 – $300 (≈ £116 – £232) (≈ €135 – €270)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2023 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 2, 2023 · Bonhams
Studio Art | Bonhams Skinner, lot 254
Bought in / unsold · est. $300 – $350
As catalogued
Reuben Nakian, “Nude Study”
graphite on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Jul 27, 2023 · Bonhams this result
Discovery - Interiors | Bonhams Skinner, lot 387
Sold $102Sign up to see · est. $150 – $300
As catalogued
Reuben Nakian, “Nude Study”
graphite on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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