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Venus #1
Ruud van Empel (Dutch, b. 1958) · 2006
£10,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $16,062≈ €12,018
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Dye destruction print, Diasec mounted”
- Edition
- 8/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 118.8 x 84.3 cm (46 3/4 x 33 1/4 in)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040213)
- Date
- November 7, 2013
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 136
- Estimate
- £7,000 – £9,000 (≈ $11,243 – $14,456) (≈ €8,413 – €10,816)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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