Lot 12 · Post-War And Contemporary First Open
You Secretly Despise Me
Hernan Bas · watercolor, gouache, acrylic and graphite on paper
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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War And Contemporary First Open, New York · 1 April 2008
- Dimensions
- 13½ x 13 1/8 in. (34.3 x 33.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5470212
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Hernan Bas, You Secretly Despise Me. Christie's, 1 Apr 2008, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5470212.
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Hernan Bas, You Secretly Despise Me. Christie's, 1 Apr 2008, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5470212.
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From the same sale Post-War And Contemporary First Open · Apr 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Yellow House | Isca Greenfield-Sander (b. 1978) | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Untitled | Michael Asher (b. 1943) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Milky Way | Mel Ramos | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Shtoom | Christian Marclay | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Desierto Máscara y Nagual | José Bedia | $20,000–$25,000 | |
| Suits #11 | Donald Baechler | $15,000–$20,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernan Bas | Untitled | $22,686 | Phillips, Jul 2021 | |
| Hernan Bas | Ceremony (A. Crowley Sect) | Phillips, Jul 2021 | ||
| Hernan Bas | The Nook in the Brook | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Hernan Bas | Manipulating the self (#2) | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Hernan Bas | hernan bas | untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Hernan Bas | hernan bas | the hallucinations of poets | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Hernan Bas | The River of Wine | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Hernan Bas | The Last Song | Phillips, Apr 2019 |
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.