Lot 275 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Pre-Light
Peter Halley · acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, metallic acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on two joined canvases
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $65,377–$91,527
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 7 October 2017
- Dimensions
- 64 ¼ x 95 ½in. (163.2 x 242.7cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3893328
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3893328 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3893328
Peter Halley, Pre-Light. Christie's, 7 Oct 2017, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3893328.
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Peter Halley, Pre-Light. Christie's, 7 Oct 2017, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3893328.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction · Oct 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Titled (A.A.I.A.I.)' [pink] [Ety.] | Joseph Kosuth | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| From Nearing Blue | Jim Hodge | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Charles I | Hiroshi Sugimoto | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Isolde and Brangane | David Hockney | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| The Pillarbox | Frank Auerbach | £220,000–£280,000 | |
| Untitled | Laura Owens | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Halley | In the Game | $114,300 | Phillips, May 2024 | |
| Peter Halley | Impulse | Bonhams, May 2025 | ||
| Peter Halley | Red Cell over Blue-Green Prison | Phillips, Feb 2025 | ||
| Peter Halley | Vermillion Sands | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Peter Halley | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 | ||
| Peter Halley | Eulogy | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Peter Halley | Green Prison | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Peter Halley | Spell | Phillips, Nov 2023 |
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.