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Octopus Portrait
Yumiko Utsu (b. 1978) · 2009
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £4,000 – £6,000 (≈ $6,273 – $9,409) (≈ €5,634 – €8,452)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Chromogenic print, flush-mounted, in the artist's frame”
- Edition
- AP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 54.5 x 44.5 cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.); overall 64.5 x 54.3 cm (25 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040115)
- Date
- May 21, 2015
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 48
- Estimate
- £4,000 – £6,000 (≈ $6,273 – $9,409) (≈ €5,634 – €8,452)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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