Photo © Sworders — view this lot on Sworders ↗Galaxy', from Untitled Portfolio, 1975
Lithograph · ed. 8/75
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Untitled (Dark Sky 1)
Vija Celmins (American, b. 1939) · 2016
$20,320 price realized incl. premium
≈ £16,321≈ €19,103
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- Medium
- Engraving · Prints & multiples all engraving results →As published: “Mezzotint, on Hanhnemühle Copperplate bright white paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Panel
- Edition
- 24/35
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 16 x 15 in. (40.6 x 38.1 cm) S. 21 1/2 x 19 in. (54.6 x 48.3 cm) framed 24 x 21 in. (61 x 53.3 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030324)
- Date
- April 16, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 119
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £12,048 – £16,064) (≈ €14,102 – €18,802)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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