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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $156,606–$234,910
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 5 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4692361
- Record
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Otto Piene, rauchbild. Sotheby's, 5 Oct 2018, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4692361.
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Otto Piene, rauchbild. Sotheby's, 5 Oct 2018, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4692361.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Oct 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| superficie bianca | Enrico Castellani | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| oggi trentunesimo giorno dell’ottavo mese dell’anno 1000nove100ottantotto… | Alighiero Boetti | £270,000–£320,000 | |
| girl with balloon | Banksy | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| again and again | Kaws | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| beautiful autumn painting | Damien Hirst | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| smeary | Alexander Calder | £400,000–£600,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Piene | weiß weiß weiß | $327,966 | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | |
| Otto Piene | Bronze und Gold (Bronze and Gold) | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Otto Piene | Rasterbild | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Otto Piene | untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Otto Piene | Feuerblume. 1972 | Grisebach, Jun 2015 | ||
| Otto Piene | Ohne Titel, 1967 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2023 | ||
| Otto Piene | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2019 | ||
| Otto Piene | Bronze and Gold IV | Christie's, Mar 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.