Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled, 1994
Watercolor · Paper
Phillips · Sep 21, 2026$36,120 ≈ £26,965 ≈ €31,436Sign up free to see price
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A Little Devil
Marlene Dumas (South African, b. 1953) · 1989
$15,120 price realized incl. premium
≈ £11,376≈ €12,481
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolor and collage on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated "A Little Devil MD 1989" lower edge
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session (NY010920)
- Date
- December 8, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 527
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,019 – £9,029) (≈ €6,604 – €9,906)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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