Lot 24 · 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London
Achrome
Piero Manzoni · kaolin on canvas
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- Estimate
- £1,200,000–£1,800,000 hammer ≈ $1,650,199–$2,475,299
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London, London · 15 October 2021
- Dimensions
- 19 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8in. (50 x 60cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3514698
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3514698 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3514698
Piero Manzoni, Achrome. Christie's, 15 Oct 2021, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3514698.
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Piero Manzoni, Achrome. Christie's, 15 Oct 2021, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3514698.
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From the same sale 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audition | Hurvin Anderson | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Concetto spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £3,000,000–£5,000,000 | |
| Still Life (Flowers) | David Hockney | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Slump | Anthony Gormley | £220,000–£280,000 | |
| There’ll be bluebirds | Cecily Brown | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Hairy Hat | Julie Curtiss | £150,000–£200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piero Manzoni | Achrome | $1,860,000 | Christie's, Nov 2022 | |
| Piero Manzoni | piero manzoni | achrome | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Piero Manzoni | achrome | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Piero Manzoni | achrome | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Lucio Fontana | Concetto spaziale, Attese | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Piero Manzoni | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2019 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Ashtray Head/Fallen Empire | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | andy warhol | diamond dust shadows (two works) | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 |
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.