Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Metamorphosis, 2011
Photograph · ed. 1/3
Phillips · Feb 24, 2026$4,515 ≈ £3,347 ≈ €3,834Sign up free to see price
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Back Against Wall
Ryan McGinley (b. 1977) · 2004
$8,125 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,167≈ €6,923
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “chromogenic print”
- Edition
- 3/3
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed "Ryan McGinley" on a label affixed to the reverse
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010618)
- Date
- September 26, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 165
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,795 – £5,313) (≈ €4,260 – €5,964)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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