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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $30,834–$43,168
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Post-War & Contemporary Art, London, New Bond Street · 3 October 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-866518
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Glenn Ligon, Photo Pocket 1995. Bonhams, 3 Oct 2019, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-866518.
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Glenn Ligon, Photo Pocket 1995. Bonhams, 3 Oct 2019, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-866518.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art · Oct 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deux bédouins 1948 | Jean Dubuffet | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Felina 1963 | Mimmo Rotella | £32,000–£45,000 | |
| No Title (We dogs are...) 2013 | Raymond Pettibon | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Wastepaper Basket 2003 | El Anatsui | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| La folie est soif de verité 1973-1974 | Roberto Matta | £22,000–£35,000 | |
| the wind shifts 2019 | Edmund De Waal | £30,000–£50,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Ligon | Narratives | $40,320 | Phillips, Oct 2022 | |
| Glenn Ligon | Runaways | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | Excerpt | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | Study for Negro Sunshine #76, 2011 | Bonhams, Feb 2020 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | Untitled (I am Somebody) | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | Sun (Version 1) #2 | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | glenn ligon | study for negro sunshine ii #24 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Glenn Ligon | (miserable) life #13 | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 |
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.