Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Recollection Pool (Gelburd/Rosenberg 28), 1968-1971
Lithograph · Paper
Bonhams · Sep 10, 2025$1,088 ≈ £804 ≈ €929Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
October Morning
Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988) · 1983
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £31,578 – £47,367) (≈ €37,872 – €56,807)
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
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “collage and gouache on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed “Romare Bearden” center left; signed, titled and dated ""October Morning" Romare Bearden 1983" on a label affixed to the reverse
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 8 x 11 7/8 in. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010824)
- Date
- November 20, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 147
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £31,578 – £47,367) (≈ €37,872 – €56,807)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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