Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗The Road, 2018
Oil · Canvas
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Before Night Falls
Matthew Wong (Chinese, 1984–2019) · 2018
$1,252,100 price realized incl. premium
≈ £941,712≈ €1,032,404
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Wong 2018 [in Chinese]" and titled "BEFORE NIGHT FALLS" on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010720)
- Date
- December 7, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 4
- Estimate
- $300,000 – $500,000 (≈ £225,632 – £376,053) (≈ €247,361 – €412,269)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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