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Screenprint · Paper
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The Giant (Caved Wellars)
Hernan Bas (American, b. 1978) · 2005
$112,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £86,692≈ €99,593
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials and dated "HB 05" lower left; further signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated "HB 05 The Giant (Caved Wellars)" on
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session (NY010918)
- Date
- November 14, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 411
- Estimate
- $35,000 – $45,000 (≈ £26,971 – £34,677) (≈ €30,984 – €39,837)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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