Lot 54 · Post-War and Contemporary Art
Smells burns in vacant
David Salle · huile et acrylique sur toile; diptyque
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- Estimate
- €80,000–€120,000 hammer ≈ $92,312–$138,468
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art, Paris · 30 June 2020
- Dimensions
- chaque: 168 x 117 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3636841
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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David Salle, Smells burns in vacant. Christie's, 30 Jun 2020, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3636841.
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David Salle, Smells burns in vacant. Christie's, 30 Jun 2020, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3636841.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art · Jun 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition | Serge Poliakoff | €200,000–€300,000 | |
| Les petits rouges | Wols | €2,000–€3,000 | |
| Au temps des visages (de JP Sartre) | Wols | €6,000–€8,000 | |
| Meride | Victor Vasarely | €30,000–€40,000 | |
| Face 57 | Imi Knoebel | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Linien 29 | Silvia Bächli | €6,000–€8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Salle | Sales Girls | $101,600 | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | |
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| David Salle | Untitled | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
| David Salle | Tree of Life #22 | Phillips, Dec 2025 | ||
| David Salle | Mimicry | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| David Salle | david salle | i fear i fall | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| David Salle | jasper duck | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| David Salle | Fusco | Phillips, Feb 2026 |
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