• First Open/ NYC auction at Christies

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    22 July 2015

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    • Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)
    Lot 5

    Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)

    Untitled

    Price realised

    USD 20,000

    Estimate

    USD 18,000 - USD 25,000

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    Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)
    Untitled
    signed and dated 'bluhm 61' (lower right)
    ink and watercolor on paper
    29 7/8 x 22 in. (75.9 x 55.9 cm.)
    Executed in 1961.

    Provenance

    Private collection, Rye, New York, 1980
    By descent to the present owner

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