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Auction result
DAYTIME IS MURDER
Chris Succo (German, b. 1979) · 2014
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £4,085 – £5,718) (≈ €4,640 – €6,496)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and lacquer on canvas, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Chris Succo 2014" on the reverse; titled "DAYTIME IS MURDER" on a piece of tape affixed to the stretcher
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 78 7/8 x 58 3/4 in. (200.3 x 149.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction (NY090123)
- Date
- March 21, 2023
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 68
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £4,085 – £5,718) (≈ €4,640 – €6,496)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2023 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Mar 21, 2023 · Phillips this result
20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, lot 68
Bought in / unsold · est. $5,000 – $7,000
As catalogued
Chris Succo, “DAYTIME IS MURDER”, 2014
oil and lacquer on canvas, in artist's frame
78 7/8 x 58 3/4 in. (200.3 x 149.2 cm)
Dec 7, 2023 · Phillips
20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York, lot 67
Sold $5,080Sign up to see · est. $3,000 – $5,000
As catalogued
Chris Succo, “Daytime is Murder”, 2014
oil and lacquer on canvas, in artist's frame
78 7/8 x 58 3/4 in. (200.3 x 149.2 cm)
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