Lot 52 · Land, Sea, Sky: Online Auction
Trench | dug over two days | earth brought to an edge | clay supported with sticks | cold, darkly overcast but no rain | a hot day would have caused the clay to dry out | a wet day would have washed the dirt away
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£9,000 hammer ≈ $9,438–$12,135
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Land, Sea, Sky: Online Auction, London · 17 June 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-220062
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Andy Goldsworthy, Trench | dug over two days | earth brought to an edge | clay supported with sticks | cold, darkly overcast but no rain | a hot day would have caused the clay to dry out | a wet day would have washed the dirt away. Phillips, 17 Jun 2020, lot 52. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-220062.
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Andy Goldsworthy, Trench | dug over two days | earth brought to an edge | clay supported with sticks | cold, darkly overcast but no rain | a hot day would have caused the clay to dry out | a wet day would have washed the dirt away. Phillips, 17 Jun 2020, lot 52. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-220062.
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From the same sale Land, Sea, Sky: Online Auction · Jun 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Small Town at the Turn of the Century | Simryn Gill | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Untitled | José Maria Sicilia | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Day Painting - Tuesday 10.11.99 | Ian Mckeever | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Wall (PC982) | Tony Bevan | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled | Andy Goldsworthy | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Landscape 120 | John Virtue | £2,000–£3,000 |
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