Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled (from the Basque suite), 1971
Lithograph
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$3,328 ≈ £2,462 ≈ €2,865Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Black Gesture on Copper Ground
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1981
$3,024 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,354≈ €2,744
Hammer $2,400 · with buyer’s premium $3,024
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching and aquatint in colors on German Etching”
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 27⅝ h x 10⅝ w in (70 x 27 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (auctions/2024/08/editions-works-on-paper)
- Date
- August 14, 2024
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 160
- Estimate
- $1,500 – — (≈ £1,168) (≈ €1,361)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled (from the Basque suite), 1971
Lithograph
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$2,048 ≈ £1,515 ≈ €1,763Sign up free to see price
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled (from the Basque suite), 1971
Screenprint
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$3,584 ≈ £2,651 ≈ €3,085Sign up free to see price
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled (from the X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) portfolio), 1964
Screenprint
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$1,280 ≈ £947 ≈ €1,102Sign up free to see price
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Yellow Chord, 1981
Etching
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$2,816 ≈ £2,083 ≈ €2,424Sign up free to see price
Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Seaside Studio (E. & B. 495), 1990
Aquatint · Paper · ed. 3/32
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Photo © Circle Auction — view this lot on Circle Auction ↗Basque Suite #2, 1971
Screenprint · ed. 1/2
Circle Auction · Sep 26, 2026$1,800 ≈ £1,358 ≈ €1,579Sign up free to see price
Photo © Kodner Galleries — view this lot on Kodner Galleries ↗
Photo © Cowley Abbott — view this lot on Cowley Abbott ↗Oy/Yo (B. 196), 1978, 1978
Aquatint
Cowley Abbott · Sep 22, 2026CA$1,900 ≈ $1,353 ≈ £1,012 ≈ €1,180Sign up free to see price
Photo © DuMouchelles — view this lot on DuMouchelles ↗Summertime in Italy (with Lines), 1966
Lithograph · Paper
DuMouchelles · Sep 18, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserveAlso in this sale
Editions & Works on Paper · Wright · Aug 14, 2024
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗D-Train, 1988
Screenprint · Board
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Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Dark Gray Curve (State I), 1988
Lithograph · Paper
Wright · Aug 14, 2024$15,480 ≈ £12,051 ≈ €14,048Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Untitled (Ocean Park), 1969
Lithograph
Wright · Aug 14, 2024$15,120 ≈ £11,771 ≈ €13,722Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Yellow Still Life (from the Six Still Lives series), 1974
Lithograph · Paper
Wright · Aug 14, 2024$13,860 ≈ £10,790 ≈ €12,578Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Four Seasons of Hope (Gold), 2012
Screenprint
Wright · Aug 14, 2024$11,970 ≈ £9,319 ≈ €10,863Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Folio I; Folio II (sixty-six works from Formulation Articulation), 1972
Screenprint
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