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Auction result
Bloomsday
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1982
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $3,000 – $4,000 (≈ £2,015 – £2,687) (≈ €2,804 – €3,738)
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
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint in colors, on German Etching paper, with full margins,”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 18/31
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and numbered 18/31 in black ink
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- I. 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (54.6 x 69.9 cm) S. 29 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (74.9 x 87.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030115)
- Date
- April 21, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 251
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $4,000 (≈ £2,015 – £2,687) (≈ €2,804 – €3,738)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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