Photo © PIASA — view this lot on PIASA ↗Sperma van de papegaai- Memento Mori, 1989-2000
Drawing (crayon)
PIASA · Jan 22, 2025€1,950 ≈ $2,036 ≈ £1,647Sign up free to see price
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Het Denken van het Verbodene (La Pensee de l`interdit// Thinking the Forbidden)
Jan Fabre (Belgian, b. 1958) · 1986
£8,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $11,585≈ €9,925
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- Medium
- Other · Works on paper all other results →As published: “Bic pen on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'Jan Fabre 1986' on the reverse
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 29.7 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010518)
- Date
- June 26, 2018
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 306
- Estimate
- £8,000 – £10,000 (≈ $10,592 – $13,240) (≈ €9,075 – €11,343)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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