Lot 3 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Crag with Yellow Boomerang and Red Eggplant
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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $720,536–$1,008,750
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 11 February 2016
- Dimensions
- 78 x 94 x 41in. (198.1 x 238.7 x 104.1cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4065653
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4065653 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4065653
Alexander Calder, Crag with Yellow Boomerang and Red Eggplant. Christie's, 11 Feb 2016, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4065653.
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Alexander Calder, Crag with Yellow Boomerang and Red Eggplant. Christie's, 11 Feb 2016, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4065653.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Feb 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noch ist Polen nicht verloren I (Poland is Not Yet Lost I) | Anselm Kiefer | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Untitled | Albert Oehlen | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Blotter | Peter Doig | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| The Black Mountain | Alexander Calder | £180,000–£220,000 | |
| Untitled | Alexander Calder | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| Accreations I | Yayoi Kusama | £600,000–£800,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Calder | Crossed Blades (intermediate maquette) | $2,712,000 | Christie's, May 2024 | |
| Alexander Calder | Untitled | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Yellow stogie | Christie's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Uprooted Whip | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Alexander Calder | The Red Dozen | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Three Polygons, Eight Red | Christie's, May 2026 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Two Red Petals in the Air | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Yellows in the Air | Phillips, May 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.