Lot 20 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley)
Anselm Kiefer · mixed media on canvas
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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,232,972–$1,849,458
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 4 October 2019
- Dimensions
- 76 3/8 x 220 7/8in. (194 x 561cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3692332
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3692332 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3692332
Anselm Kiefer, Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley). Christie's, 4 Oct 2019, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3692332.
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Anselm Kiefer, Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley). Christie's, 4 Oct 2019, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3692332.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculpture Éponge bleue sans titre, (SE 244) | Yves Klein | £1,600,000–£2,500,000 | |
| 7.3.86 | Gerhard Richter | £550,000–£750,000 | |
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| Copper-Steel Alloy Square | Carl Andre | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
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| Stick Circle | Richard Long | £60,000–£80,000 |
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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.