© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗It Happened One Night, 2012
Acrylic · Canvas
Phillips · Feb 13, 2015£182,500 ≈ $280,649 ≈ €246,594Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Eye want to be happy
Shirin Aliabadi (Iranian, 1973–2018) · 2009
£688 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,058≈ €930
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic, glitter on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 240 x 190 cm (94 1/2 x 74 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010215)
- Date
- February 13, 2015
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 220
- Estimate
- £18,000 – £20,000 (≈ $27,680 – $30,756) (≈ €24,322 – €27,024)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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