Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Purple Rocks, 1957
Oil · Canvas
Phillips · Sep 26, 2026$30,960 ≈ £23,363 ≈ €27,151Sign up free to see price
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Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920–2021) · 1993
$893,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £585,766≈ €692,785
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 15 3/4 x 20 in. (40 x 50.8 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010313)
- Date
- May 16, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 26
- Estimate
- $400,000 – $600,000 (≈ £262,381 – £393,572) (≈ €310,318 – €465,477)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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