Lot 12 · Post-War and Contemporary Art
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not) 2012
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $18,430–$27,644
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Post-War and Contemporary Art, London, New Bond Street · 12 February 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1816387
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-1816387 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-1816387
David Ostrowski, F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not) 2012. Bonhams, 12 Feb 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1816387.
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David Ostrowski, F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not) 2012. Bonhams, 12 Feb 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1816387.
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| Skulldiver II 2006 | Cecily Brown | £280,000–£350,000 | |
| Testament 1944 | Mark Tobey | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Earth 2005 | Jason Martin | £15,000–£20,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ostrowski | F (Landscape) | $30,480 | Phillips, Feb 2025 | |
| David Ostrowski | „F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it’s not)“. 2012 | Grisebach, Dec 2022 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not) | Phillips, Sep 2018 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend) | Phillips, Mar 2020 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (Capture the dream) | Phillips, Jun 2018 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (Michael Douglas) | Phillips, Dec 2024 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (dann lieber nein) | Phillips, Feb 2019 | ||
| David Ostrowski | F (A Thing is a Thing in a Whole Which It's Not) | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 |
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.