Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Untitled (from the Beside the Sea series), 1966
Lithograph · Paper
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Primal Sign V (Copper) (E. & B. 280)
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1981
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 21/28
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and numbered 21/28 in pencil
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 23 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (59.7 x 41.9 cm) S. 33 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (85.1 x 65.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030221)
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 195
- Estimate
- $1,200 – $1,800 (≈ £868 – £1,302) (≈ €1,030 – €1,544)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Untitled (from The Basque Suite), 1971
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Photo © Cowley Abbott — view this lot on Cowley Abbott ↗Oy/Yo (B. 196), 1978, 1978
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Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Untitled (from The Basque Suite), 1971
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Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Africa 1 (from the Africa Suite), 1970
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Photo © Palm Beach Modern Auctions — view on Palm Beach Modern Auctions websiteUntitled
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Cowboys and Indians (F. & S. 377-386), 1986
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Marilyn (F. & S. 31), 1967
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Target (ULAE 147), 1974
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗A Bigger Book, Art Edition B (with additional A, C and D prints), 2010/2016
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Marilyn (F. & S. 24), 1967
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