Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Chained to the Bed for 15 Years, 1986-87
Gouache · Paper
Phillips · Feb 13, 2020£325,000 ≈ $423,605 ≈ €389,809Sign up free to see price
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Snow White in the Wrong Story
Marlene Dumas (South African, b. 1953) · 1988
$3,781,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,178,379≈ €3,634,179
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "M Dumas. '88" on the reverse; further signed, titled and dated "M. Dumas. Snow White in the Wrong Story. 1988." on the stretcher
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 39 3/8 x 118 1/8 in. (100 x 300 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010722)
- Date
- November 15, 2022
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 18
- Estimate
- $3,500,000 – $4,500,000 (≈ £2,942,165 – £3,782,784) (≈ €3,364,091 – €4,325,260)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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