Lot 19 · 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale
Primrose Hill - Early Summer
Frank Auerbach · oil on board
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- Estimate
- £2,000,000–£3,000,000 hammer ≈ $2,561,437–$3,842,156
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale , London · 5 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 40 x 50in. (101.6 x 127cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3181061
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3181061 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3181061
Frank Auerbach, Primrose Hill - Early Summer. Christie's, 5 Mar 2025, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3181061.
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Frank Auerbach, Primrose Hill - Early Summer. Christie's, 5 Mar 2025, lot 19. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3181061.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | From the Studios | $3,006,886 | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | |
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Gerda Boehm | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Christmas Tree at Mornington Crescent | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Primrose Hill, Summer | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | head of j.y.m. | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Head of E.O.W. II | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Primrose Hill | Sotheby's, Feb 2016 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Figure on a Bed II 1967 | Bonhams, 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.