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Jerrycan (Water)
Adam McEwen (American, b. 1965) · 2007
$1,375 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,086≈ €1,287
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “Pressed steel jerrycan with blue enamel, containing 20 litres Marfa water”
- Edition
- AP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 18 1/4 x 14 x 6 1/4 in. (46.4 x 35.6 x 15.9 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
- 343
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £790 – £1,580) (≈ €936 – €1,872)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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