Lot 252 · Sotheby's L05430
'lucian freud standing with portrait of leigh bowery', 1990, printed 1998
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- Estimate
- £1,800–£2,200 hammer ≈ $3,309–$4,044
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05430 · 17 May 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3236379
- Record
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Bruce Bernard, 'lucian freud standing with portrait of leigh bowery', 1990, printed 1998. Sotheby's, 17 May 2005, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3236379.
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Bruce Bernard, 'lucian freud standing with portrait of leigh bowery', 1990, printed 1998. Sotheby's, 17 May 2005, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3236379.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bernard | bruce bernard | leigh bowery and nicola bateman posing for ' | $3,628 | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | |
| Bruce Bernard | Francis Bacon Taken in his Studio | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Bruce Bernard | Leigh Bowery and Nicola Bateman Posing for 'And the Husband' | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Bruce Bernard | 'francis bacon in his studio', 1983 | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe | Arnold Schwarzenegger | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2024 | ||
| Bruce Bernard | lucian freud in his studio with two paintings of leigh bower | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Bruce Bernard | Lucian Freud with portrait of Leigh Bowery, 1990 | Bonhams, May 2012 | ||
| David Hockney | My Parents, Bradford, July. 1975 | Grisebach, Jun 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.