Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗An Underqualified Gleam (diptych), 1984
Oil · Canvas
Wright · Jun 4, 2009$12,500 ≈ £7,706 ≈ €8,868Sign up free to see price
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Malibu Baby
John Matos (American, b. 1961) · 2004
$8,890 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,597≈ €7,855
Hammer $7,000 · with buyer’s premium $8,890
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “spray paint on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 52⅝ h x 120 w in (134 x 305 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20|21 Art: Chicago Edition (auctions/2025/05/2021-art-chicago-edition)
- Date
- May 28, 2025
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 155
- Estimate
- $8,000 – — (≈ £5,936) (≈ €7,069)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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