Photo © Lyon & Turnbull — view this lot on Lyon & Turnbull ↗‘ALL THAT SEEM BENEATH YOU' RUG, c.1990, 1990
Other · Paper
Lyon & Turnbull · Oct 30, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Tears
Barbara Kruger (American, b. 1945) · 2012
$300,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £232,901≈ €268,264
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- Medium
- Multiple · Prints & multiples all multiple results →As published: “digital print on vinyl”
- Support
- Other support
- Category
- Prints (general)
- Dimensions
- 114 7/8 x 114 in. (292 x 289.7 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session (NY010519)
- Date
- May 15, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 355
- Estimate
- $200,000 – $300,000 (≈ £155,267 – £232,901) (≈ €178,843 – €268,264)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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