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OPEN THE ZIPPER
Chris Succo (German, b. 1979) · 2013
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,854 – £5,396) (≈ €4,471 – €6,259)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil, laquer, linen, adhesive and estate emulsion on canvas, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated "OPEN THE ZIPPER CS 2013" on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (62.5 x 47 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010616)
- Date
- September 20, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 178
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,854 – £5,396) (≈ €4,471 – €6,259)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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