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Beau Geste pour Lucrece
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1989
$7,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £5,686≈ €6,378
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “The complete set of six lithographs in colors, on various papers, the full sheets, with the accompanying six poems by Marcelin Pleynet, contained in the original orange cloth-covered portfolio”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 96/100
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 96/100 in pencil
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- all S. 22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030217)
- Date
- October 17, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 241
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,033 – £4,549) (≈ €3,402 – €5,102)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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