Lot 2 · 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale
Buste d’homme à la pipe
Pablo Picasso · wax crayon on paper
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- Estimate
- £600,000–£800,000 hammer ≈ $785,073–$1,046,764
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale, London · 9 October 2024
- Dimensions
- 17 ½ x 12 1⁄8 in. (44.5 x 31 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3215950
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3215950 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3215950
Pablo Picasso, Buste d’homme à la pipe. Christie's, 9 Oct 2024, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3215950.
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Pablo Picasso, Buste d’homme à la pipe. Christie's, 9 Oct 2024, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3215950.
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From the same sale 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale · Oct 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Skin of Our Teeth | Cecily Brown | £2,500,000–£3,500,000 | |
| Le Baiser, moyen modèle dit "Taille de la Porte" - second état | Auguste Rodin | £900,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Figure-germe dite l'après-midinette | Jean | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| La femme tatouée | Henri De Toulouse-lautrec | £2,500,000–£3,500,000 | |
| Hemdfrau (auf Balkon) | Max Beckmann | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| La mariée jaune au village | Marc Chagall | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Picasso | Tête de femme | $1,511,000 | Sotheby's, May 2026 | |
| Pablo Picasso | Portrait de Dora Maar | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Le Cirque | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Tête D'Homme | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Femme endormie | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Femme debout | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Nu allongé et tête d'homme | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Saltimbanque accoudé | Sotheby's, May 2023 |
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.