Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Warrior No. 10, 2007
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Backyard Garden
Yue Minjun (Chinese, b. 1962) · 2005
£273,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $377,477≈ €307,117
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'yue minjun 2005' lower right; further signed, titled and dated '"Back Garden" Yue Minjun 2005 [in Chinese]' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 170.2 x 140.1 cm (67 x 55 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010218)
- Date
- March 9, 2018
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 154
- Estimate
- £150,000 – £250,000 (≈ $207,405 – $345,675) (≈ €168,745 – €281,242)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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