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Invisible Man no. 1
Yan Pei-ming (Chinese, b. 1958) · 2000
£163,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ $253,152≈ €189,954
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed [in English and Chinese]
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 220.5 x 300.5 cm (86 3/4 x 118 1/4 in)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010113)
- Date
- February 14, 2013
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 33
- Estimate
- £200,000 – £300,000 (≈ $310,140 – $465,210) (≈ €232,716 – €349,073)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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