Lot 1 · 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London
There’ll be bluebirds
Cecily Brown · oil on UV-curable pigment on linen
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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $674,165–$943,830
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London, London · 15 October 2021
- Dimensions
- 53 x 66 3⁄4in. (134.5 x 169.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3514675
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cecily Brown, There’ll be bluebirds. Christie's, 15 Oct 2021, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3514675.
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Cecily Brown, There’ll be bluebirds. Christie's, 15 Oct 2021, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3514675.
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From the same sale 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audition | Hurvin Anderson | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Concetto spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £3,000,000–£5,000,000 | |
| Still Life (Flowers) | David Hockney | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Slump | Anthony Gormley | £220,000–£280,000 | |
| Hairy Hat | Julie Curtiss | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Les Madones | Claire Tabouret | £250,000–£350,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecily Brown | Eyes Wide Shut | $4,527,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Cecily Brown | Angie | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Faeriefeller | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Make it Rain | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Free Games for May | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Cecily Brown 塞西麗・布朗 | Unfurl the Flag 展開旗幟 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Cecily Brown 塞西麗・布朗 | Where They Are Now 他們現在在哪裡 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Cecily Brown | Kiss Me Stupid | Christie's, Jun 2023 |
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.