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Lithograph · Paper · ed. 42/58
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Auction result
Penguin
Yue Minjun (Chinese, b. 1962) · 2000
HK$2,500,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $318,675≈ £239,371≈ €272,955
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 'yue minjun [in Pinyin] 2000' lower left
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 140.3 x 107.8 cm. (55 1/4 x 42 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale (HK010118)
- Date
- May 27, 2018
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 14
- Estimate
- HK$1,500,000 – HK$2,000,000 (≈ $191,205 – $254,940) (≈ £143,623 – £191,497) (≈ €163,773 – €218,364)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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