© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗Villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to be spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged, 2014
Oil · Canvas
Phillips · Apr 13, 2016Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
In Search of Image Nation: A Promise of the Status Quo
Michiel Ceulers (Belgian, b. 1986) · 2012
£18,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $29,993≈ €23,525
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil, spray paint on linen, in a cardboard artist's frame”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 66.8 x 51.6 cm (26 1/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010714)
- Date
- October 16, 2014
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 131
- Estimate
- £8,000 – £12,000 (≈ $12,797 – $19,195) (≈ €10,037 – €15,056)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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