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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $192,670–$289,005
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 15 October 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3956086
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Anselm Kiefer, Der Engel der Geschichte. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2010, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3956086.
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Anselm Kiefer, Der Engel der Geschichte. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2010, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3956086.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Oct 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonestown Radio | Ged Quinn | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Enseign de Lunettes | Alexander Calder | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Sunset Junction | Ed Ruscha | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Colette embroidered Gigi | Francesco Vezzoli | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Eight Months Gone | Lucian Freud | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| White Painting | Mark Bradford | £300,000–£500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm Kiefer | For Robert Fludd, the Secret Life of Plants | $196,771 | Phillips, Mar 2025 | |
| Anselm Kiefer | Hortus Philosophorum (Garden of Philosophers) | Christie's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Skylla Charybdis | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Blutblume | Phillips, Oct 2019 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Weichsel (Vistula) | Christie's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Lieber rot als tot | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Johannisnacht | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | How to Paint | Christie's, Oct 2025 |
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.