Photo © Artcurial — view this lot on Artcurial ↗Laughter (Girl with skull) after Frantisek Drtikol, 1997
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Origin of the World
Vik Muniz (American, b. 1961) · 1999
£8,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $12,404≈ €10,016
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “silver gelatin print”
- Edition
- 10/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled, numbered and dated '"The Origins of the World" Vik Muniz 1999 10/10' on the reverse
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 37.8 x 47.8 cm (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (UK010318)
- Date
- April 11, 2018
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 165
- Estimate
- £8,000 – £12,000 (≈ $11,341 – $17,011) (≈ €9,158 – €13,736)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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