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The Hitchhiker
Robert Gwathmey (American, 1903–1988) · 1937
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,160 – £4,739) (≈ €3,745 – €5,617)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Screenprint · Prints & multiples all screenprint results →As published: “Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, the colors fresh”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in black ink
- Category
- Screenprints
- Dimensions
- I. 16 3/4 x 13 in. (42.5 x 33 cm) S. 21 5/8 x 17 in. (54.9 x 43.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection (NY030117)
- Date
- April 18, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 250
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,160 – £4,739) (≈ €3,745 – €5,617)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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