Lot 365 · Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
Red Prison
Peter Halley · acrylic, Day-Glo acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on two joined canvases
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 7 October 2020
- Dimensions
- 53 1/8 x 35 in. (134.9 x 88.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3603546
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Peter Halley, Red Prison. Christie's, 7 Oct 2020, lot 365. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3603546.
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Peter Halley, Red Prison. Christie's, 7 Oct 2020, lot 365. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3603546.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Oct 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Rudolf Stingel | $300,000–$500,000 | |
| Drawing After Bedroom Painting #6 | Tom Wesselmann | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Woman | Willem De Kooning | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Untitled | Nicolas Carone | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Untitled | Tony Berlant | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled | Agnes Martin | $350,000–$550,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Halley | 929 | $83,850 | Phillips, Nov 2025 | |
| Peter Halley | Exception | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Peter Halley | Condemned | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Peter Halley | Yellow Cell With Conduit | Phillips, Jun 2023 | ||
| Peter Halley | invisible adversary | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Peter Halley | Reign | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Peter Halley | Blue Cell | Phillips, Dec 2025 | ||
| Peter Halley | Direction No. 7 | Phillips, Oct 2019 |
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.