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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Auction result
Elegy Study
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1979
$5,040 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,012≈ €4,679
Hammer $4,000 · with buyer’s premium $5,040
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “lithograph on Twinrocker handmade”
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 25½ h x 37½ w in (65 x 95 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (auctions/2023/12/editions-works-on-paper)
- Date
- December 7, 2023
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 242
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £3,184) (≈ €3,714)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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