Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Red Demon and Blue Demon with 48 Arhats, 2013
Acrylic · Canvas
Phillips · Jun 23, 2021$6,080,000 ≈ £4,346,583 ≈ €5,087,440Sign up free to see price
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DOB. Melt. BLUE
Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) · 1995
$30,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £23,421≈ €26,966
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- Medium
- Multiple · Prints & multiples all multiple results →As published: “vinyl chloride and helium gas”
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 160 x 120 x 120 in. (406.4 x 304.8 x 304.8 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010120)
- Date
- March 4, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 159
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $50,000 (≈ £23,421 – £39,035) (≈ €26,966 – €44,944)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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