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Wisdom Tooth Fever
Yoshitomo Nara (Japanese, b. 1959) · 1999
HK$12,750,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,645,133≈ £1,310,758≈ €1,457,675
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated '"Wisdom Tooth Fever" Nara [in Japanese] '99' on the reverse · Yoshitomo Nara signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 110 x 120.2 cm (43 1/4 x 47 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (HK010220)
- Date
- July 8, 2020
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 14
- Estimate
- HK$10,000,000 – HK$15,000,000 (≈ $1,290,300 – $1,935,450) (≈ £1,028,046 – £1,542,068) (≈ €1,143,275 – €1,714,912)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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