Sale 1368
New York
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28 - 29 April 2004
Price realised
USD 5,975
Estimate
ROBERT INDIANA Decade: Five Plates (S. 63; 65-7; and 69) five screenprints in colors, 1971, on Schoellers Parole, all signed and dated in pencil, all numbered 110/200 (there were also 25 artist's proofs in Roman numerals for all), all with the artist's copyright, published by Multiples, Inc., New York and Los Angeles, all with full margins, pale mat staining, soft scuffs showing mostly in the blacks, slight rippling, traces of surface soiling at the margin edges, (S. 66; and 67) with the blues slightly attenuated, otherwise all apparently in good condition, one examined out of the frame, all framed all Scr. approx. 35¾ x 29¾ in. (908 x 755 mm.) all S. 38 13/16 x 31¾ in. (985 x 806 mm.) (5)
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