Julie Mehretu

Sapphic Strophe 2, from Poetry of Sappho

2011
Relief print from letterpress plates with hand-coloring, on Italian mould-made Revere paper, the full sheet.
S. 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Signed and numbered 29/40 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Arion Press, San Francisco, unframed.

Estimate
$2,000 - 4,000

Sold for $5,625

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Online Auction 13 - 23 October 2020

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Josh Smith
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Dan Walsh
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Elizabeth Peyton
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Aaron Young
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Adam McEwen
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Raymond Pettibon
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Peter Doig
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13No Reserve
Tom Otterness
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14
Keith Haring
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15No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
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16No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
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17No Reserve
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Maurizio Cattelan
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19No Reserve
Paul Pfeiffer
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Melissa Meyer
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21
Elizabeth Osborne
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22
Malcolm Morley
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23
Kai Althoff
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24
Luc Tuymans
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25No Reserve
Susan Rothenberg
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Donald Sultan
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27No Reserve
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28
Stephen Shore
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29
Agnes Denes
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30
Martin Puryear
Untitled
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Sold for $2,000
31
Larry Bell
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32
Larry Bell
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33
Larry Bell
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34
John Baldessari
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35No Reserve
Stephen Prina
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36
Chuck Close
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37
Chuck Close
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38No Reserve
Chuck Close
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39
Chuck Close
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40No Reserve
Larry Rivers
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41No Reserve
Larry Rivers
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42No Reserve
David Salle
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43
Alex Katz
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Sold for $3,500
44No Reserve
Jim Hodges
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45
Julie Mehretu
Sapphic Strophe 2, from Poetry of Sappho
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46No Reserve
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48
Robert Rauschenberg
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49No Reserve
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50
Jasper Johns
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51No Reserve
Julio Le Parc
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52No Reserve
Leon Polk Smith
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53No Reserve
Josef Albers
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Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $2,750
54No Reserve
Josef Albers
Folder 11, from Formulation and Articulation, Portfolio II
Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $750
55
Imi Knoebel
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56
Brice Marden
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57
Peter Halley
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58
Peter Halley
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59
John M. Miller
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60No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
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61No Reserve
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62
Takashi Murakami
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63No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
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64No Reserve
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65
Talia Chetrit
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66No Reserve
Dana Schutz
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67No Reserve
Christoph Ruckhäberle
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68
Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym
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69
Damien Hirst
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Provenance

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Julie Mehretu

Sapphic Strophe 2, from Poetry of Sappho

Editions Contemporary: Online Auction