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- Estimate
- £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $6,742–$10,787
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern | British & Irish Art , London · 21 March 2018
- Dimensions
- 40 x 18 in. (101.5 x 45.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3843551
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alison Watt, The Thought of It. Christie's, 21 Mar 2018, lot 170. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843551.
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Alison Watt, The Thought of It. Christie's, 21 Mar 2018, lot 170. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3843551.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract | Alan Reynolds | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Gethsemane | Michael Ayrton | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Trees and Houses | Mary Potter | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| Rushes | Antony Donaldson | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| Four Indian Bundles | Eliot Hodgkin | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Charlotte Street | Matthew Lindop | £800–£1,200 |
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| Alison Watt | Study for 'Cherubic One' | $7,753 | Bonhams, May 2024 | |
| Alison Watt | Study for Forbidden Fruit 25.5 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.) | Bonhams, Oct 2020 | ||
| Alison Watt | Winter Head Study | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| Alison Watt | Cloth head | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Alison Watt | Parallel | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Alan Davie | Opus 0.1009: Study for an Elizabethan Spirit, No.9 - 1982 | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 2024 | ||
| Alison Watt | Little Ted 18.5 x 15 cm. (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.) | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Alison Watt | The Thought of It | Christie's, Mar 2000 |
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