Lot 252 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life)
Barbara Kruger · type collage on photograph
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $25,769–$38,654
- Result
- upcoming — 6 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , London · 6 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 7 ½ x 7in. (19.2 x 17.8cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3180915
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life). Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 252. estimate £20,000–£30,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180915.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.
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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life). Christie's, 6 Mar 2025, lot 252. estimate £20,000–£30,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3180915.
From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life) | Barbara Kruger | £150,000–£200,000 | upcoming |
| Watching over you | Tracey Emin | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| 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 (Can Money Buy You Love?) | $33,020 | Phillips, May 2025 | |
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (When Was the Last Time You Laughed?) | Phillips, Mar 2021 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Is there a perfect mate for everyone?) | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (The War for Me to Become You) | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | barbara kruger | untitled (what is hell like?) | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Three works: Picture/Readings | Phillips, May 2025 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | barbara kruger | untitled (you will never wake up from this | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Who Will Write The History of Tears? | Phillips, Jun 2018 |
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.