Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Absolute Contempt for Total Serenity #3, 2004
Mixed media · Board
Phillips · Jun 24, 2026$967 ≈ £735 ≈ €853Sign up free to see price
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Jaw Artist/RWB
Sterling Ruby (German, b. 1972) · 2009
$35,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £22,010≈ €26,057
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “ceramic”
- Signed / inscribed
- Initialed and dated · Sterling Ruby signature
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 40.6 x 61 x 35.6 cm (15 7/8 x 24 x 14 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010813)
- Date
- November 12, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 270
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $40,000 (≈ £18,866 – £25,154) (≈ €22,335 – €29,780)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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