Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled (Study for Cityscape), 1993-1994
Oil · Other support
Phillips · Oct 11, 2024£13,970 ≈ $18,255 ≈ €16,689Sign up free to see price
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The Modernist
Francis Alÿs (Belgian, b. 1959) · 1995–2005
$165,100 price realized incl. premium
≈ £130,339≈ €156,315
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and encaustic on canvas over panel and oil, tape and pencil on tracing paper, in 9 parts”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated "Francis Alÿs (The Modernist) 1995 2005" on the reverse of the canvas; variously inscribed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- canvas 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm) smallest tracing paper element 5 3/8 x 5 in. (13.7 x 12.7 cm) largest tracing paper element 13 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (34 x 29.5 cm) installation dimensions variable
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session (NY010924)
- Date
- November 20, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 381
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £39,473 – £55,262) (≈ €47,340 – €66,275)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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