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
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Black Sounds
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1984
$6,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,739≈ €5,617
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph and relief print with collage, on Arches Cover and Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper, the full sheet”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 60/60
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 60/60 in pencil
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- S. 39 x 25 in. (99.1 x 63.5 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
- 196
- 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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