Photo © Lempertz — view this lot on Lempertz ↗The Island Series, 1997
Photograph · Other support
Lempertz · Jun 5, 2026€53,340 ≈ $62,088 ≈ £46,104Sign up free to see price
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Blue double kaleidoscope
Ólafur Elíasson (Danish, b. 1967) · 2005
$113,400 price realized incl. premium
≈ £81,594≈ €95,007
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “stainless steel, mirror and color effect filter glass”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed by the artist
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 89 x 123 x 63 in. (226.1 x 312.4 x 160 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session (NY010521)
- Date
- June 24, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 408
- Estimate
- $100,000 – $150,000 (≈ £71,953 – £107,929) (≈ €83,780 – €125,670)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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