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Print (other)
Rago Auctions · May 5, 2026$4,480 ≈ £3,310 ≈ €3,834Sign up free to see price
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Tokyo Comedy
Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese, b. 1940) · 1997
£18,060 price realized incl. premium
≈ $24,460≈ €20,761
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print, mounted”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Nobuyoshi Araki', printed title and date on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount · Nobuyoshi Araki signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- image 100.4 x 123.3 cm (39 1/2 x 48 1/2 in.) sheet 106.5 x 139.2 cm (41 7/8 x 54 3/4 in.) frame 111 x 143.5 cm (43 3/4 x 56 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art (UK010126)
- Date
- April 16, 2026
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 124
- Estimate
- £12,000 – £18,000 (≈ $16,253 – $24,379) (≈ €13,795 – €20,692)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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