Lot 17 · Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale
Eleven Persons and One Donkey Moving Forwards
Franciszka Themerson · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $51,842–$77,764
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale , London · 19 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 27 x 32 ¾ in. (68.6 x 83.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3177561
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Franciszka Themerson, Eleven Persons and One Donkey Moving Forwards. Christie's, 19 Mar 2025, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3177561.
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Franciszka Themerson, Eleven Persons and One Donkey Moving Forwards. Christie's, 19 Mar 2025, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3177561.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Interior | William Scott R.a. | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Protomartyr | Dame Elizabeth Frink | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Antigone | Peter Lanyon | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Meme Cxxx | Anthony Gormley | £50,000–£80,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franciszka Themerson | Two Rhythms | $71,950 | Christie's, Jun 2019 | |
| Franciszka Themerson | Pié ton Apocalypse | Christie's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Franciszka Themerson | Existences Impures (Impure Existences) | Christie's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Franciszka Themerson | Composition | Christie's, Jun 2019 | ||
| David Hockney | Ole Watching the Midnight Movie | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| David Hockney | Snow (Scottish Arts Council 140; Museum of Contemporary Art | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| David Hockney | Contrejour in the French Style (Scottish Arts Council 167; M | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Two Sketches for 'From the Studio' 2018 | Bonhams, Oct 2022 |
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.