Photo © Lempertz — view this lot on Lempertz ↗Bunny in blue, 1997
Acrylic · Canvas
Lempertz · Jun 5, 2026€584,200 ≈ $680,009 ≈ £504,945Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Nothing Ever Happened
Yoshitomo Nara (Japanese, b. 1959) · 1995
HK$1,524,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $194,142≈ £156,959≈ €178,522
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Works on paper all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Titled and dated '"NOTHING EVER HAPPENED" '95' along the bottom edge; further signed and dated 'Yoshitomo Nara '95' upper right · Yoshitomo Nara signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 55.7 x 41.6 cm. (21 7/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (HK010223)
- Date
- March 31, 2023
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 143
- Estimate
- HK$1,500,000 – HK$2,500,000 (≈ $191,085 – $318,475) (≈ £154,487 – £257,478) (≈ €175,710 – €292,851)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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