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- Estimate
- £1,200,000–£1,800,000 hammer ≈ $1,467,655–$2,201,482
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, London · 28 June 2022
- Dimensions
- 51 1/8 x 59in. (129.9 x 150cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3445563
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3445563 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3445563
Sigmar Polke, How Fish Can Boost Your Brain Power. Christie's, 28 Jun 2022, lot 47. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3445563.
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Sigmar Polke, How Fish Can Boost Your Brain Power. Christie's, 28 Jun 2022, lot 47. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3445563.
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From the same sale 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale · Jun 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Form with White Interior | Barbara Hepworth | £4,000,000–£6,000,000 | |
| Waterloo Bridge, effet de brume | Claude Monet | £22,000,000–£32,000,000 | |
| Single Room Furnished | Cecily Brown | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Femme s'essuyant les cheveux | Edgar Degas | £600,000–£900,000 | |
| Femme assise (La lampe) | Paul Delvaux | £500,000–£800,000 | |
| Working Model for Thin Reclining Figure | Henry Moore | £600,000–£800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigmar Polke | BZ am Mittag, 1965 | $1,865,179 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2026 | |
| Sigmar Polke | Table Dance | Phillips, Nov 2019 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Seit Benzin- Und Heizölpreise Fallen, Wundert Mich Nichts Me | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Roter Fisch | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Lappländische Reise II (Lapland Journey II) | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | die schmiede (smithy) | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Mexiko | Christie's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Sibirische Glasmetoriten I [Siberian Glass Meteorites I] | Sotheby's, May 2022 |
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.