Lot 251 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life)
Barbara Kruger · colour coupler print
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- Estimate
- £150,000–£200,000 hammer ≈ $193,269–$257,692
- Result
- upcoming — 6 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , London · 6 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 53 ½ x 48 ½in. (135.8 x 123.1cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3180914
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3180914 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3180914
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life). Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 251. estimate £150,000–£200,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180914.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
89% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life). Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 251. estimate £150,000–£200,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180914.
From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watching over you | Tracey Emin | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life) | Barbara Kruger | £20,000–£30,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | £150,000–£200,000 | upcoming |
| Gefängis (Kabir + Daktyl) (Prison (Cabir + Dactyl)) | Joseph Beuys | — | upcoming |
| Head of an Afronaught | Chris Ofili | £200,000–£300,000 | upcoming |
| Study 2 for Praise | Bridget Riley | £80,000–£120,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Striped 2) | $240,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | |
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (A picture is worth more than a thousand words), 19 | Bonhams, Feb 2022 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Worth Every Penny) | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Speak For Yourself) | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Our time is Your Money) | Sotheby's, Jul 2008 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Money Talks) | Phillips, May 2024 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Connect) | Phillips, Sep 2018 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Desire Exists Where Pleasure is Absent | Phillips, Nov 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.