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- Estimate
- $600,000–$800,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 10 November 2023
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 10 November 2023
- Dimensions
- 26 x 50 in. (66 x 127 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3314766
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3314766 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3314766
Ed Ruscha, Light Leaks. Christie's, 10 Nov 2023, lot 119. estimate $600,000–$800,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3314766.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
87% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,681 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Ed Ruscha, Light Leaks. Christie's, 10 Nov 2023, lot 119. estimate $600,000–$800,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3314766.
From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Nov 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drizzle | Pat Passlof | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| The Spirit (2) | Yayoi Kusama | $100,000–$150,000 | upcoming |
| Abstraktes Bild | Gerhard Richter | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Branches Sans Feuilles | Alexander Calder | $900,000–$1,200,000 | upcoming |
| Plein Air et Intérieur | Jean Dubuffet | $220,000–$280,000 | upcoming |
| Party Crasher [Anagram (A Pun)] | Robert Rauschenberg | $450,000–$650,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ruscha | Vapor | $730,800 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Ed Ruscha | Streaks of Oil | Bonhams, May 2026 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Hawaiian Music | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | 1981 - Future | Phillips, Jun 2021 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Paradise | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Ed Ruscha 埃德 · 魯沙 | Bee? | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Various Plastics, 1979 | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Pneumatic Muscles, Hydraulic Smiles | Christie's, Nov 2018 |
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.