Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗long for the familiar, 2017
Acrylic
Grisebach · Mar 8, 2026€1,905 ≈ $2,202 ≈ £1,651Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Swamp Things
Melike Kara (b. 1985) · 2016
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate HK$150,000 – HK$200,000 (≈ $19,320 – $25,760) (≈ £14,669 – £19,558) (≈ €17,517 – €23,357)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic and oil stick on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'Melike Kara 116' on the reverse · Melike Kara signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 200 x 280 cm. (78 3/4 x 110 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art (HK010624)
- Date
- October 4, 2024
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 61
- Estimate
- HK$150,000 – HK$200,000 (≈ $19,320 – $25,760) (≈ £14,669 – £19,558) (≈ €17,517 – €23,357)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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