Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗There is a light and it always goes out, 2021
Watercolor · Linen
Phillips · May 19, 2026$477,300 ≈ £356,008 ≈ €410,757Sign up free to see price
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Sphinx without a secret
Joseph Yaeger (b. 1986) · 2021
£203,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $265,440≈ €242,810
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on gessoed linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- titled and dated 'Sphinx without a secret 2021' on the stretcher
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 140.2 x 105.1 cm (55 1/4 x 41 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010524)
- Date
- October 10, 2024
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 1
- Estimate
- £20,000 – £30,000 (≈ $26,126 – $39,189) (≈ €23,899 – €35,848)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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