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Laboratory (Labor)
Thomas Demand (German, b. 1964) · 2000
$161,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £102,489≈ €142,126
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “chromogenic print, Diasec mounted”
- Edition
- 3/6
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 71 x 105 1/2 in. (180.3 x 268 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010415)
- Date
- May 15, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 157
- Estimate
- $80,000 – $120,000 (≈ £50,926 – £76,389) (≈ €70,621 – €105,932)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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