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Burning Books
Adrian Ghenie (Romanian, b. 1977) · 2014
£321,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $422,789≈ €360,066
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'Ghenie 2014' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 50 x 59.8 cm (19 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010717)
- Date
- October 5, 2017
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 105
- Estimate
- £250,000 – £350,000 (≈ $329,275 – $460,985) (≈ €280,425 – €392,595)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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