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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 18 July 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, New York · 18 July 2025
- Dimensions
- in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3146128
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3146128 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3146128
Miriam Cahn, urtierchen. Christie's, 18 Jul 2025, lot 5. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3146128.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
94% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.
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Miriam Cahn, urtierchen. Christie's, 18 Jul 2025, lot 5. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3146128.
From the same sale First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art · Jul 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water SQSV16 | YOUNG IL-AHN (1934-2020) | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Bay Point | GRANT HAFFNER (B. 1978) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Untitled | Alex Hubbard | $5,000–$7,000 | upcoming |
| Alice in Transylvania | Billy Al Bengston | $100,000–$150,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Joe Bradley | $40,000–$60,000 | upcoming |
| Phaty | Kenny Scharf | $70,000–$100,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miriam Cahn | Zurückweichen | $17,382 | Phillips, Apr 2024 | |
| Miriam Cahn | Sans titre (six éléments) circa 1980 | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | in meinem garten, 22.4.2016 | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | Geträumt | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | schnell weg! (Let's go!) | Christie's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | L.I.S. mit den Kindern und Tieren 1986 | Bonhams, Jun 2022 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | denkender soldat, 5.1.19 | Phillips, Mar 2024 | ||
| Miriam Cahn | Ohne Titel (Bunny) | Phillips, Jun 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.