Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗The Old Model Meets the New Model, 1995
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Losing (Her Meaning)
Marlene Dumas (South African, b. 1953) · 1988
£1,215,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,544,751≈ €1,358,620
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and titled 'Losing her meaning M Dumas' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 50 x 70 cm (19 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010419)
- Date
- June 27, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 18
- Estimate
- £400,000 – £600,000 (≈ $508,560 – $762,840) (≈ €447,282 – €670,923)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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