Photo © Sworders — view this lot on Sworders ↗Galaxy', from Untitled Portfolio, 1975
Lithograph · ed. 8/75
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Night Sky 1 (Reversed)
Vija Celmins (American, b. 1939) · 2003
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Photogravure, aquatint, photoetching and drypoint, on Hahnemühle paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 44/65
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Aquatints
- Dimensions
- I. 16 x 19 1/2 in. (40.6 x 49.5 cm) S. 21 x 24 1/2 in. (53.3 x 62.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection (NY030117)
- Date
- April 18, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 65
- Estimate
- $6,000 – $9,000 (≈ £4,739 – £7,109) (≈ €5,617 – €8,425)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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