Lot 152 · First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online
The Air is Filled With Children
Carla Busuttil · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£2,000 hammer ≈ $1,188–$2,377
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, London · 9 March 2023
- Dimensions
- in. (150.4 x 150.4cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3382372
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Carla Busuttil, The Air is Filled With Children. Christie's, 9 Mar 2023, lot 152. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3382372.
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Carla Busuttil, The Air is Filled With Children. Christie's, 9 Mar 2023, lot 152. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3382372.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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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.