Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Three Figures, 1989
Lithograph · Paper
Rago Auctions · Jun 5, 2025$12,065 ≈ £8,892 ≈ €10,562Sign up free to see price
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Elegy Study I
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1989
$15,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £10,743≈ €12,282
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph in colors, on light brown TGL handmade paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 50/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 50/50 in pencil
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- I. 32 x 53 1/4 in. (81.3 x 135.3 cm) S. 39 x 61 in. (99.1 x 154.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030118)
- Date
- April 24, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 30
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,162 – £10,743) (≈ €8,188 – €12,282)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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