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Etching
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 10, 2026$2,816 ≈ £2,083 ≈ €2,424Sign up free to see price
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Zen IV
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) · 1972
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $120,000 – $180,000 (≈ £95,095 – £142,642) (≈ €110,783 – €166,174)
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
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic and charcoal on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- incised with the artist's initials and date "RM 72" lower right
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 32 x 32 in. (81.3 x 81.3 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010424)
- Date
- May 15, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 135
- Estimate
- $120,000 – $180,000 (≈ £95,095 – £142,642) (≈ €110,783 – €166,174)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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