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Before and After Being Young
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) · 1987
$37,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £28,461≈ €31,950
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- titled and dated ""BEFORE AND AFTER BEING YOUNG" 1987" on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 120 x 84 in. (304.8 x 213.4 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010618)
- Date
- September 26, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 118
- Estimate
- $35,000 – $45,000 (≈ £26,563 – £34,153) (≈ €29,820 – €38,340)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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