Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Untitled (from the Beside the Sea series), 1966
Lithograph · Paper
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Bird I
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1973
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching "Bird I" 1973”
- Edition
- 12/21
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated in reverse in the plate
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- Plate - 16" high x 20" wide, sheet - 30" high x 22" wide
- Auction house
- Clarke Auction Gallery
- Sale
- Clarke Auction Gallery sale, 2016-08-14 (197)
- Date
- August 14, 2016
- Location
- Larchmont, New York, United States
- Lot
- 7b
- Estimate
- $800 – $1,200 (≈ £620 – £930) (≈ €716 – €1,073)
- Source
- Auction house clarkeny.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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