Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled, 2019
Print (other) · Paper
Phillips · Sep 25, 2024$40,640 ≈ £30,371 ≈ €36,305Sign up free to see price
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Butter's Real Name
Stanley Whitney (American, b. 1946) · 2018
£277,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $361,995≈ €305,430
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and titled 'Stanley Whitney "Butter Real Name"' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 183.5 x 183.2 cm (72 1/4 x 72 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010720)
- Date
- October 21, 2020
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 106
- Estimate
- £150,000 – £200,000 (≈ $195,885 – $261,180) (≈ €165,276 – €220,368)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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