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Oil · Canvas
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Library (of Babylon)
Mark Tansey (American, b. 1949) · 1994
£1,569,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,067,001≈ €1,779,443
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas, in 2 parts”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Each signed, titled and dated 'Tansey 1994 "Library (of Babylon)"' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- overall 149.9 x 489 cm (59 x 192 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010418)
- Date
- June 27, 2018
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- £1,500,000 – £2,000,000 (≈ $1,976,100 – $2,634,800) (≈ €1,701,188 – €2,268,251)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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