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- Estimate
- £800,000–£1,200,000 hammer ≈ $1,383,460–$2,075,190
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 17 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3796414
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Anselm Kiefer, The Ridge way. Sotheby's, 17 Oct 2008, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796414.
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Anselm Kiefer, The Ridge way. Sotheby's, 17 Oct 2008, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796414.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Oct 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backwards Forwards | Sean Scully | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Epiphany | Richard Hamilton | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Untitled | Anish Kapoor | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Two Kids | Jeff Koons | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| The Pink Tree | John Currin | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Cow | Subodh Gupta | £250,000–£350,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Anselm Kiefer | Freia's Garden | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley) | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Für Andrea Emo | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Laßt tausend Blumen blühen! (Let a thousand flowers bloom!) | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Wundtau regnet | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Dein Aschenes Haar, Sulamith | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 |
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