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Despair
Billy Childish (British, b. 1959) · 1985
£15,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $25,068≈ €18,200
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 60.9 x 45.6 cm (23 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Under the Influence (UK010314)
- Date
- April 8, 2014
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 151
- Estimate
- £5,000 – £7,000 (≈ $8,356 – $11,698) (≈ €6,067 – €8,493)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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