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Oil · Canvas
Ketterer Kunst · Jul 15, 2026€33,500 ≈ $38,210 ≈ £28,506Sign up free to see price
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Phantoms I
Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian, 1905–1959) · 1933
$15,240 price realized incl. premium
≈ £12,077≈ €14,069
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil and tempera on paper mounted to cork, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed "Paalen" lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. (36.8 x 52.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010424)
- Date
- May 15, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 104
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £11,887 – £15,849) (≈ €13,848 – €18,464)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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