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the purple tree
Hiroshi Sugito (Japanese, b. 1970) · 2006
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
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic and glitter on wood, in 2 parts”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated "Hiroshi Sugito 2006 the purple tree" twice on the reverse
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- overall 31 1/4 x 17 5/8 x 2 in. (79.4 x 44.8 x 5.1 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010616)
- Date
- September 20, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 77
- 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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